You would touch me in anger so
that I would cringe in fear.
That was so long ago; so
why do I sometimes still react
in that way?
Out of cruelty, you seemed to delight
in making me cry.
Now, these years later
sometimes a word or a thought
can bring the tears.
Such a short time, but so much damage done!
You took away my happy innocence
and turned me into an unhappy, angry person.
Acting out in unhealthy, unsafe ways;
trying to ease the pain you inflicted.
A ghost from the past still affecting my future.
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Nightmares from the past,
Brings disturbance ringing in my ears,
Unseen voices terrifying my interest,
Whispering gesture
My mothers, grandmothers, and brothers
Come to me often when I'm dreaming.
I feel them when I'm driving.
I hear them when
You would touch me in anger so
that I would cringe in fear.
That was so long ago; so
why do I sometimes still react
in that
Daddy,
Do you want to know
Why I hate you, and
Why is it I despise you so
I hear you screaming in my dead
Last knigh when the
MIRRORS
Those dead guys are singing to me again...
Through radio speakers as ancient as I.
Stereophonic. Hypnotic.
The bottle
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