content warning: discussion of emotional abuse.<\/p>\n
Your anger burns like fire.
\nI know, because I carry the burns.
\nMy heart is a scarred thing, a fragile thing.
\nBut you don’t scare me anymore.<\/p>\n
You lash out. You bite and scream and kick.
\nI used to rise, to bite back, to run and cry.
\nNow, I tak a deep breath and stay calm.
\nYou don’t scare me anymore.<\/p>\n
You were my entire world.
\nThe sun and moon, the lullabies and bedtime stories.
\nYou gave me everything,
\nBut you don’t scare me anymore.<\/p>\n
You mourned a child right in front of them,
\nAlthough you eventually changed. You claim it was me, but –
\nI’ve always been myself, always been kind.
\nYou don’t scare me anymore.<\/p>\n
I wish for your happiness,
\nAnd continued well-being.
\nI know you’ve called for me,
\nBut you don’t scare me anymore.<\/p>\n
I am growing up, and now I see all the ways you didn’t.
\nIt makes me sad; I didn’t get what I needed.
\nYour anger is fire, but I am not burned.
\nYou don’t scare me anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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