I relate to this so much...
mother you have never once kept me safe
barely held me in your arms
always kept me at bay
mother I was never your priority
stayed out till dawn
picked the bottle over me
mother your words were never gentle
instead of a spring daisy
they were barbed wire that pricked me
mother you tell me to call you mother
but my lips will not speak
of a title so undeserving like not other
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Suffering In Silence |✔|
PoetryA Book Full Of Poems. Someone Is Suffering In Silence. //\\//\\ 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 I look at these scissors in my hand. Testing the blades with my fingertips. I poise the sharp blades over my wrist. I slowly push down, swiftly mo...
