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Feeling Criminal

 She feels your eyes on her like she's a criminal 
And the feeling is not deemed subliminal  
Manipulate others to see it your way
Minimizing her just makes your whole day 

What are you thinking that she would steal from you 
In possessions and home, she has as much as you do 
The difference being she got her's all alone 
You relied on others to help pay for your home

Following her like she's a snake that will bite 
As if she has enough venom to strike 
Dismissing her as if a servant isn’t right 
Putting her out like the trash every night 

Holding against her things from the past 
A couple of times when she strayed from the path 
Teenagers make mistakes the same as you do 
Why do you treat her as if she were still two 

Criticize her to friends and family  
One day you will turn and there no one will be 
She has about had it with your dictatorship 
Magnify things in your mind ain’t legit 

Raised her kids had trials in their teenage years 
If she held it against them she’d hear nothing but jeers 
Looking for scorpions in your snake pit 
Look around closely she's not that viper that spits 

Sorry that she has always been your side thorn 
You broke her and now the relationship is torn 
Don’t you realize yet that she is the only one left 
By not mentioning you deny that she even exist 

You brag about the children she has born 
Yet she is the one you act like sprang from the corn 
One day you’ll wake up and soon you’ll realize 
Her Teenage mistakes are the reason they thrive 

Without those mistakes, you would be all alone 
Who is the only one who stuck close to home 
Take a good look she's a woman full grown
Think about that when you toss up your bones 

Copyright © Sheila Van Zant

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