Monday, December 17, 2012

My Penance



You spoke your voice
Yet you think I do not hear
So you scream
Flooding my eyes with tears

I am selfish, thinking only of me
All I ever did was love you
It would be selfish to want that in return?
So I never ask
You scream again

You Ungrateful Bitch!

As if those words have never been spoken before
It doesn’t make them hurt any less
You say you’re proud
Yet all you do is scream and yell
I try to walk away

I went away to get better for you and me
Or was it for me . . . yes me
I walked on the edge, one foot over
I was feeling so much better
Now I am one and ½ over

Now that would be selfish
But a relief, don’t you think?
I try to write, to pray
And not to think
About your hatred you feel for me
You finally revealed
My mental illness is too much for you to take

You suffer yourself
But you choose not to get help
Mine is much worse – she says
Your brain, your emotions, your physical pain
I can’t help you anymore

I walk away a gaping hole in my chest
Again she screams


 You Ungrateful Bitch!