Rag Doll

What makes me so special? You favor me with ease You take me with you everywhere, through your highest highs And your lowest lows It is like I was born branded, like the bump That you bestowed A thorny crown placed on my head, causing Scars that I can’t heal I was born to be your rag doll You keep me close at Hand To be a yes-man when you’re happy, because I’m Something you can spoil You give me gifts just so I’ll stay But when you get mad, I’m Yours to hit There’s a smile painted on my face, and It never falters Beneath the surface, there are cracks Where your hypocrisy alone Has dared to go My walls are up, my doors are locked, but you always find Your way in, then blow down the chimney And even though my heart is made Of stone, around you, it Always crumbles And with you it’s all a competition To see who can hate you More You’d kill for some affection, and Basically, you do I still remember that day, two years shy of now When I sat there cowering on the floor When you hit and pulled my hair You said I’d never Known abuse But I know you personally Only you can be pardoned for everything You are forgiven without excuse, Name us guilty without trial We lack lawyers and a jury, and I’m tired of Taking all the blame For the stupid things you do I’m just another daughter, just Raggedy Anybody But I wrote this poem all for you And only you’re to blame