Acting It All Out

He couldn't tell me
The words too hard
Too hard to say
He acted it all out
An actor in his
Mean
Mean
Play
Banging his toys
Pointing his sweet
Finger
Demanding
To finish it all out
He had to tell me
He had to shout

As the house finally
Grew quiet
He told me why
Sweet little boy
He smiled
He didn't even cry
"Daddy's mean
that's how he is"
He hugged me hard
Snuggled deeper into me
Pretending to be
A baby monkey