I Remember

I remember 373-0965
But don't remember anyone that ever called.
I remember 27 N.W. 36th Terrace
But don't recall anything I did there.
I remember my father screamed alot
But I never did know why.
And I remember being afraid
Of things that weren't there
And of everything that was
And no one ever rescued me.

I remember being a teenager
And thinking I'd found love
But I had never known love
And what I had found was more fear
More isolation
More screaming
More imprisonment
Than I had ever known before.

I remember finally breaking free
And finding what must have been true love
But it was too late by then
To learn what to do with it
So I did what I knew
And I took my fears
And found a place to be alone
Where nobody screams
And nobody tries to love me
And I'm free to spend all my time trying to remember
What happened to that little girl
At 27 N.W. 36th Terrace
And why no one would ever rescue her.