Truth Is
just a few lines
to tell you thank you
for all that you've taught me
believe me I'm grateful
without you
there's no tellin where i might be
i may have been normal
allowed to bathe through the week
you taught me words
i didn't know existed
woke me from sleep
double-fisted
I know you didn't mean
to spit in my face
I didn't need those plugs of hair anyway
maybe there was good
somewhere we had
no, those were just fronts
to fool my dad
you can deny and say its not true
Truth is, I'd been somebody without you
All that time I spent in that house
Don't move, oops,smack, ouch
My first 25 years I thought worthless was my name
and you wonder why i don't visit
Ain't that a shame
and like always you were right I am ugly
thanks for all the scars you put on me
remember your favorite beatings
wet lashings on my back
welps so big it hurt to stand
all the reminders of how noone wants me
thanks grandma, just what i needed
No I'm not angry, I'm filled with rage
It just gets easier to hide with age
You pretend to know what love was about
is that why you stuck your tongue in my mouth
I'm sorry
I can't blame you totally
Its my fault my moms a coke addict
thanks for throwing away her letters
Oh thats not true?
WHATEVER MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER
Copyright © Violet See | Year Posted 2008
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