She Was in Charge of Everyone

She should be ashamed, he should be ashamed, they should be ashamed Nasari grew up hearing these daily chastises from her mother She knew that she also should be ashamed And yet she did not know the why of it yet Shame was a theme in her life, at an early age She was ashamed in kindergarten, second grade, sixth grade Her cheeks were flushed, for everything was her fault If someone else dropped the Playdough, she took responsibility Not only was she in charge of herself She was in charge of the rest of the world What they did was her shame She took it all on With guilty feelings For her mother had drummed this into her psyche At an early age