Toxic Investment

A Poem by StormeLight

They don't know how to love

They choose not to learn

They run from their demons

So they drown in them

You are not special to them

Not in the way you should be

You are their investment

They get angry when they lose you

Not because they love you

Because they invested in you

They learned to control you

But you won't be controlled

Not anymore

It's a fight that is more painful

Than staying silent

The darkness will first consume you

Then you will rise from the ashes

One day you will be proud

That you walked away and let go

Just a hundred thousand

More steps to go