These Words Scream

You don't understand unless you've been through the same

You won't understand what I've been through
Until you've been through the same thing
So don't say to me "I know what you're going through" until you honestly do
Wondering if what happened today will happen the next
You don't know what it's like for your brother and sister sitting in the next room pretending not to hear
Their fists hitting me and falling to the floor
You don't know what it's like to feel unprotected by your own family
When they come home from work seeing a lot of new bruises
Yet says nothing
You don't know what it's like to not being able to trust anymore
Even your own family
You don't know what's it's like to live in fear for your own life
Because you don't know what will set him off this time
So don't say "I know what you're going through" unless you honestly know what I'm going through