Planted Daisies:

We had lost it all
Lost our home in a big fire
Only cause I fell asleep
Smoked to the point where I couldnt see
Only to be placed in this place
A half-way house for five years
Like every other mother in need of help
Trying to recover an addiction one way or another
My daughter and I made our way in
To this house that fit six families
Settled in and tried to get acquainted
But there was this lady that always rubbed me the wrong way
From the moment we walked in
She was never welcoming
Wanted the room I had chosen for me and my daughter
Cause the view was better than the others
I cant help if I got there first
From that day forward she picked at every little thing
Taking too long at shower time
Or whatever I gotten my baby for her birthday
Nothing was ever safe

I found five years to be so far away
Will I be able to bear it?
If she drives me insane

  KGgg:

Been living here for 2 years
Running away from the addiction
I had to this vein
The bruises that arrived on each arm everyday
Routinely I prayed for a better day
But Steadily I let this drug take me away
And I ignored my child in the worst kind of way

So this house
No this home
Showed me how to love my son the right way

3 years left to get my heart back in shape
3 years left to turn our night into day
3 years left to cope with all the pain
3 years left until I saw her face

Things were looking up
Until she walked in that day
With her head held high
Like she was better than who remained
There is just something about this woman
That drives me insane

I wonder does she know
Shes not the only one in pain

  Planted Daisies:

I struggle day by day
Trying to succumb to what I see before me
Hoping that my mistakes
In time I could erase
That my arrival here was not in vain
I still remember the day that changed everything
Our children together
Playing outside our sheltered home
They ran out into the street
After a rolling ball
Only to find that her son got struck
Run over by a truck

I had the other ladies
Notify her of what happened
But I carried him the six blocks over
Felt endless the run
To the emergency room door
My daughter felt guilty
As she ran by me
And when they took him off my arms
She couldnt help but cry
She wanted it to be ok
And so did I
I was only relieved
When the doctors said he would be fine
My daughter lay at his side
When she walked in
She realized we did care
That our petty differences
Meant nothing
When we saw how
Much our children
Cared..

  KGgg:

I saw him
bandaged from his head
To his legs
one eye swollen so bad that it shut
And
My heart sank
How could this have happened to my baby boy

I wish i could have taken his place at that very moment

As the tears started exploding from my eyes
I noticed her
She was watching over him
Her daughter was holding on to him
She saved him
Her little girl loved him

And all the hatred I felt for this woman
Vanished in that second
Because the love seen from our children
Changed us

  Planted Daisies:

I couldnt help but comfort her
Let all our hatred disappear
And wish for a speedy recovery
As I saw
My daughter tell him
Everything is gonna be alright
And what she said
Wasnt just true for him
But also our current situation
As we sat there and waited many days
Many tears we shed
Til he was finally released
And welcomed home
And from that day forth
There we no more troubles
In this Half-way Home

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