drops

             My childhood home

            suffers       contained a
           millions         nascent
      of vagrant          nuclear 
        (violent)           family--
        raindrops          until my
           to soak        father
        -to sneak-      left,
          their way     and tore
           
               into the heart
             of the household.
        
     The terrible       My snug,
      splits only         soothing
         deepen          setting is
      with time.          rent asunder
  Where union,         and riven
         disunion;       further
 where strength,     with every
              decay.    passing day.
             
             And now a frost
              Is on the way
                       
    Never again       Who knows 
       will I find         what
          safety          heartless
  (or comfort)           winter
          in this,          will do
  my very own         to all of my 
   broken home.       childhood
         I wonder-     memories?
                       
             whose roof will
                be my own?
               
           In time       I can tell
     I'll grow on        that come
      and learn-         December
learn to cope;          I'll be
    after a few          just another
       sad years        vagrant
            i'll find      (violent)
            myself     man of the street
                   
               out standing 
          on my own two feet.