I deserve better.
Your choices have made us unfurled.
Put what you have to say in a letter,
And send it far out in the world.
I will find it in the years to come,
When we haven't spoken for a while.
You'll tell yourself I read some
But I'll just throw it aside with a smile.

Playing politics with my life.
Some family say I am just like Dad, and that they love that. Same face, voice, and humor.
Some family says I am nothing like him, and that he is an evil *******, manipulative.
Some say I am going to wind up in jail and that I don't love anybody.
Some say I am kindhearted and loving.
Someone is lying. Everyone is lying.
I don't trust anybody. Least of all me.

Stepdad

Spray from hose.
Shocking cold.
Dog shakes it off.
Mantra repeats with
Another blast
You don't love your mother.
No more hose.
No more cold water.
Only cold inside.