Cochran Legacy (I Remember The Cochran Circus)

Imagine

Imagine
Starting 'school' two years and three months later Just after witnessing your Father's merry go round collapse the night that turned people into haters
Seeing a child just 4-years older than you
Orphaned and it could have been you too

Imagine your parents tucking you into their arms and coats to shield you from the carnage and outside world harm
It happens just two months before your 4th Birthday
Asking Daddy why at your childhood home you can't stay

Going into a Bar and seeing your Parents business partner again when you last saw him a few days after you were born
Seeing his faded name on Father's jacket, it's visible but its worn
Three years later asking your Mother at just 4 years old: "Mommy, why is your arm and leg have an ouch?" And feeling something off about Mother
But not sure what's going on like: Why don't we ever see Daddy's Brother?

Yet years later you realize it was her hurting because she wanted to hold you
And how do you tell your toddler: "Maddie, Mommy has owies and it's hard for her to walk on crutches through the Cochran Menagerie Zoo."

She always tells you: "Dewdrop I love you."
Always unconditional, that's what Mothers do
And Father too
Circus love never far from view

Then six years later see your Father trapped
You didn't know this injury to Mommy would have her arm wrapped
To not be able to run to your family screaming for your Mother: "Mommy, help Daddy! He has an owy! I feel it. Daddy's hurt!"
Then never see them again and your tiny hands not clinging on to your Father's shirt