Sticks And Stones

You just don’t deserve to live

You told her time and time again

You didn’t know it’d never end

That she would just accept her curse

 

Oh please, just cut yourself to pieces

The farewell echoes in her ears

Though she should not be shedding tears

Its all she knows

 

No one cares and no one wants you.

You’re just a witch child. God’s mistake.

The only one he’ll ever make.

You’ll live in darkness.  Never light.

You’ll have no comfort.  Only fright

 

Words spoken oh so long ago

Put salt on wounds she’s always known

When they come ripping through her heart

They start to tear her world apart

 

You can’t undo the hurt you caused

And love bestowed is only lost

She knows the kindness never lasts

And she’s resigned to face the facts

 

You were always right, you know

She could never be good enough

So she gave and gave and gave

To try and push the hurt away

 

I can’t believe I gave birth to you

And she just shakes her head and sighs

To hear approval from your lips

Is what she’s yearned for all her life…

Author's Note

I don't know if this is really "finished", but I just couldn't bring myself to write more than that. So this is it for now at least.

Reviews

I hate it when people do what I'm about to do, but Ashely Beth said it all. I want to give my own review, but I would just be repeating what she already said. So, I will ^_^
This came out so beautiful for something that is so tragic. This sounds finished to me. It's so beautiful to me. Everytime I try writing a poem about something that is hard for me to say, it never comes out so clean like this. It never has such a good rhyme scheme, it's always just me being angry and you can tell. This... this is different. This was... I don't know another word. So, I will say it again: Beautiful.

[Desert Dreamer]

We internalize the words of our parents spoken to us when we are children, this is what comes to mind when reading your poem. It is so important to say positive things to our children and as an adult, sometimes we need to work on finding new words to say to ourselves, to undo the work of an abusive parent. You have done very well to express this situation poetically.

[Ruth]

This is so saddening to read love, a beautiful and emotional write!
Awesome poem, makes the reader feel!
xx

[Senseless whatever]

Powerful write. Very emotional and cutting. The last stanza threw me a bit here. Up to that point I had several 'ideas' who was speaking, who was listening, ect. But the last verse just floored me.

[Liza]

this was so very intense
with so much talent
and fire
of a form of love gone wrong