Creativity Punished

I can’t believe I trusted you again

All my life you were my person

and a confidant I never gave up on

Any fear you voiced, I fought

Betrayed twice and regretting it all

I miss the safety you said you were

You’ve always known who I am

A rebel with a cause

Now I know you

A traitor

A condescending prick

Explaining and debating

my feelings

My thoughts

Casting me

in red handed light

Stepping on every word

that rolls onto the floor

Leaving nothing

But bloody white flags

at my parents door

Gift wrapped with a bow

To ease the eyes

of an absent daughter

Lacking remorse

for her mother and father

Buried alive

Choking on maggots

Thrown dirt

on screaming racket

Hush little baby

Don’t say a word

Mommas gonna rip

apart your world

And when you fall

Crawling in pain

Mommas gonna fix

that broken brain

Writhing

In anguish and agony

They watch me cry

Helplessly

I watch them cry

Gladly