I walk Away

I walk away

From things and people

Who don’t fill me with vision,

Regardless of who they might be.

 

I walk away,

Because I don’t need

That kind of s**t in my life.

I don’t need that kind of discord.

 

I don’t need it,

And I don’t have to accept it.

I am not a passive member of this company-I am the director.

 

I walk away,

And it doesn’t even phase me.

I cut ties like dental floss.

I drop them into the gutter like tissues.

 

That old saying
“Blood is thicker than water”

Is a lie; and those who spew that line

Don’t bother to read the whole thing

 

That line actually reads

“The blood of the covenant is thicker

than the water of the womb”

Which is the exact opposite of what most people think it means.

 

So yes, I walk away

Because I was your child,

But I am a child no longer

Nor am I chattel

And I don’t have to take your venom.

 

Go ahead and watch me

As I walk away.

Call out to me,

But I’m already out of earshot.

 

And go home and pour over that book you love so much,

And read this line-

Provoke not thy children into anger-

And know that it is the only true statement in that book

Because you  just watched me walk away.

Author's Note

this poem is meant to be read aloud, slam-poety style

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