Pedestal

3/2/35 03:19 I glorify men Placing them high on a pedestal Where my father fell short The bar is in hell And the bare minimum are the crumbs I live off Satiated from nothing and empty promises An illusion of fullness As I see myself in half As I saw myself in half As I stand here with a void desperate to be filled Take me served up on a silver platter Ill intentions disguised as good deeds And deflection paired with belittlement right on time The light within me dims when I’m faced with their conditioning And the fire is lit Am I being gaslit? I hook my claws onto potential As my reflection bounces back at me Disguised as I swim in the delusion of what they’re telling me Words so loud and action rarely found I abandon myself at the sight of basic decency