Shackles
I stand here today
Watching the struggles of yesterday
The never ending trauma seen
In a very deep ravine
From a baby it’s clear to see
She had been tortured to a degree
The stories of mass abuse
Should of made her a recluse
A child abused over grief
All she needed was love and relief
A mother happy to abandon
Only bothered about expansion
A new man for all to see
Forever he will disagree
A cold man so selfish
Turned her mother devilish
Her mother watched her suffer
While only loving another
A mother who tried to hide her away
Too only accommodate his dismay
A step dad with a big ego
Made her out to be so low
A man permitted to violently attack
Until her body was blue and black
Always told to respect him
Meanwhile he would heir her chin
A mother who would take his side
Never did love or provide
They had no remorse
And instead decided to reinforce
That she was always wrong
And that she does not belong
She suffered greatly with mental health
They targeted her with slime and stealth
Manipulation so cruel and intimidating
Only aim is incapacitating
They ground her mind down
To be the loneliest in town
A mother trying to eliminate existence
Only wanting her incoherence
A mother so twisted and cruel
All the time insisting she was the fool
A mother full of disdain
Is the only one who fills her with pain
She shackled her early years
And filled her full of fears
A narcissistic mother is never done
As she intentionally eliminates all the fun
A girl so innocent
Against all the odds, turns out magnificent
A girl punished unduly
Sees life has treated her unfairly
As her expedition through life
Has been full of strife
As she fights to regain control
Her mother continued to rot her soul
The past looks like a shambles
As her mother makes up lies and scandals
The past burns deeply inside her
With more clarity, no lure
As the anger rages through
The only forward is to renew
As the shackles eventually break
Knowing that it was not her mistake
There is a way past the storm
And she no longer has to conform
Only now does she realise
What it is to be alive
A narcissist and her man
Were their only plan
She will leave them in the cold
Where their black hearts can be sold
While she lives without fear
The shackles will slowly disappear
Her heart so kind and true
That was once dark and blue
The shackles are gone……..
Copyright © Gogster Dw | Year Posted 2024
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