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You'Re Just a Critic

Did you know.... about the look in my eyes? The ongoing fatigue.... The fact that I sleep more.... the fact that I distance myself.... away from you? Don't you see, what you've done to me? You've taken a loving man, and you've destroyed his self-esteem.... You've been on him so much, until now he's become numb to your words. From sun up to sun down, it's nothing but words of harm, it's always about what you want, you're expectations, and how you want me to be.... you want me to be like you. You've been torn apart by your past, so much to the point where all you know, is to charge at me.... making me feel less of a man. Well.... your days of devaluing me are coming to an end.... you're mad because I refuse to bend.... or break.... You're nothing but a critic, the biggest one I've ever known, I'm fed up with your constant criticizing, so please just leave me alone.... my world is all messed up, I can't think straight half the time, because I am constantly in your crosshairs.... and it isn't fair.... I've always been there, to love and support.... You were my everything, then you started to pick at me.... and now I want nothing more to do, than remove myself.... away from you.... You are nothing but a critic.... picking and picking at me.... it's so sickening.... it's angering.... it's making my stomach turn.... So I will take our memories and watch them all burn.... I'll leave you right where you are.... I can't go on like this.... I refuse to be devalued.... By a critic.... You're just a critic.... Picking at me, making me feel bad.... always on my back, and you wonder why I get so mad.... You're just a critic.... You're just a critic....

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Date: 1/6/2019 4:42:00 PM
Gosh this was very powerful,Ian. Whether fiction or otherwise I really felt the frustration and hurt expressed. Best wishes Wendy
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Ian Milligan
Date: 1/6/2019 4:54:00 PM
Thank you very much!! Pure frustration flows through this one. It's one of the most intense poems I've written since joining this website.

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