I Weep

The original formatting if you care to view it that way

I weep

For the things that could have been

Might have been

The way they should be

But that's because of you

Not of me

I did my part

I wasn't perfect

I gave more than you could know

But when I asked you to respect me

That was a bridge too far

You let me, no, made me go

So who paid the cost?

Being chained to the past is my present

It was a family and future that I lost

Insufficiencies and memories

Of a child's heart that you tossed

Subjected to your abuse

I've continued it myself

Within the depths of my mind and it's health

Physical, too, it doesn't end

Panic makes it harder

My breath gone like the wind

I get to write a new story

My own chapters and verse

I'll have my real family

One without your curse

I failed the first time

I had no say or choice

I'm doing it my way now

With those who love and hear my voice

I might still weep

Crying out for what could, should

No, never will be

But I'll do so from the arms of those whose love set me free

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Forgive me as I've never written or posted anything like this. I have no clue what I'm doing.

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