Cruel Punishment

Who are you to punish me, This way, this long I was punished enough with shame, Financial burden, and most good things taken away Who are you to decide this ill fate towards me Is it not enough you destroy my name, you take away years of my life, and still not enough But to take away some joy that may remain To brand me with the mistake I've made To change my personality, to take away my friends, To decide who to love, to decide where I rest my head You splashed water in my face To wake me up and so I hardened There were days that went by, I felt stronger even taller But like wood you suffocate Before real sparks can ignite, Instead it festers, and grows slowly, Molding, rotting, eating from the inside out Who are you to choose my life for me and not even let me drink this pain away Or escape this cruel reality