We sailed Queen Elizabeth to leave England behind
After mother died, we had never crossed their mind
I went to Francis Parker School number twenty three
For six and a half years it both taught and tortured me
I lived in a cement house at twenty eight Harper street
All the neighbor's admitted they had heard us get beat
In the trunk of his Ford, my Dad's gold Gran Torino
Was my life packed in a box and no where for us to go
We drove to Helen's house one stormy Christmas Eve
But she said we ruined their plans and told us to leave
A orange pillow and yellow blanket, Stop-N-Save sold
Without any heat or beds, that floor was freezing cold
She ran to the Drop In Center to get us some spaghetti
My sister with her bowl were late. They ate it already
We lived at the Flamingo Motel with a swimming pool
It was really lonely there and I didn't ever go to school
My brother was in the Army. He came to visit at last
He took me to Hamot Hospital to get my leg in a cast
I asked Gary if I was his girlfriend, but he said "maybe"
Then I went to Gullifer's foster home to have my baby
You called me a liar and guilt buried the truth for you
Yet I had survived it knowing all along that you knew
©S. Austin Vincoski
