Stop
Stop.
Before you continue along this path,
Tearing me away from you,
Consider the impact
Your s****y life decisions
Will have on a girl
You forced into this world.
Stop blaming me for my birth.
I had nothing to do
With my creation.
Stop complaining about my mistakes
And the crappy decisions I’ve made
When all I’ve tried to do
Is learn from them.
And all you’ve done
Is push me back
Into the same situations
And the same mindset.
Stop trivializing my emotions.
I don’t give a f*** how old I am
Or how little I’ve experienced,
I’m allowed to have feelings
That contradict your own.
I’m allowed to feel like s****
And pull away from you-
You’re not allowed
To make me feel worse
By laughing at me.
Stop trying to hug me
When I tell you “no,”
Showing me
That your desire for contact
Is more important
Than my bodily autonomy.
Stop apologizing
To make yourself feel better-
Try apologizing
Because you were in the wrong
And you recognize it.
Stop lashing out
And being controlling
And manipulative
And insulting
And abusive.
You have to earn respect
The same way everybody else does-
Or does not.
I don’t owe you anything,
But you haven’t given me
Anything I’m owed.
1/7/18
Copyright © Carissa Marie | Year Posted 2018
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