Eyes wide open

When I write down every word,

the pounds of weight you put on my shoulders continue to drop.

How could I be demanded to respect but be disrespected?

How could I be demanded to listen but not be heard?

You ask for me to understand yet you misunderstand every word that I say.

Why do you prey on me?

Why do you wish and hope for me to fall?

I never saw the wolf that you were

Until now.

You look at me and see him

You look at me and hear his voice,hear his laugh,see his face.

You look at me and wish I was miserable

Like you.

But I'm not like you,

I'm like him.

And if there was a choice

I'd choose him

Because he chose happiness

And happiness is without you.

And you hate that I'm happiest with my father.

 

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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