Mute in Words, Loud on Paper

For the Man

For the man who called me unwanted but proceeded to call me "baby"

For the man who would beat me, yet tell me that he loved me

For the man who taught me how to hate myself

For the man who made me afraid of myself

For the man who made me cry when I hear the sound of shouting

For the man who made me fear men

And for the man that broke me.