Let Me Sleep

i remember summer storms
drowning out their yells.
"Shh" Daddy says,
"You'll wake Brittnee."

I'm already awake,
but i've been asleep
since Daddy left.

Mommy seems so happy
not that Daddy is gone;
But I remember eating icecream
for dinner when Mommy was out of town.
And I remember staying up watching t.v...
late, late.
I even remember how Daddy
taught me to ride my bike,
and to tie my shoe.

i don't remember when the yelling began,
but I remember when it ended.
That was when they shouldn't
have woken me up.