After so many years, It’s time I hold you accountable.
You were never a mother to me That's why I never referred to you as one I called you Helen You were an adult who lived in the same house as me That's how I saw you I was numb to you No feelings Nothing but terror
I was scared of you You hated my face And I feared yours
I don't think I ever loved you I never felt warm when I saw you I felt hostility I tried to stay out of your way Dodging your shadow
You never hugged me You never kissed my boo boos I never wanted you to
What type of messed up mother-daughter relationship did we have? You defined our detachment You made us this way I obeyed your deranged relationship rules You never once told me you loved me I never knew that word existed until I was older
You *****! You never played with me I'm still furious You were never there When I needed you You did nothing a mom was supposed to do You did not protect me You did not give me a safe place to live You beat me You rejoiced in torture games You varnished my body To the ground you stood on Making me feel less than human Your mouth detonated bombs inside my ears Exploding in isolation I'm still cleaning up the debris it left behind You neglected me every day All you cared about was your drugs Oh, and your men..
I remember you shoving me into the wall Making an imprint of my body I looked down to see Your fingers tightly grasped around my collar As I stared at your hands I sadly watched you let go You let me fall into the hole in the wall Made by my body And walked away Never looking back So I had to crawl myself out And sweep the chalky dust off A ghost lost in existence
I hate that I am angry right now My heart is racing Not hurting, just racing I am closing my eyes in disgust That’s what I feel for you You left me for dead so many times Begging for the **** To end my suffering But I always woke up Fighting for my life in your hell
You were filled with poison and illness I hate that I come from evil I hate that you gave birth to me I hate that I was dependent on you I hate everything about you
I was just a kid Small and scared... Did you ever truly look into my scared eyes? Eyes begging for your love Did you ever stop to think? What you were doing to me Why didn’t you stop? Why were you so twisted?
Guilt haunts me... Where the **** was your guilt If I come from you Why am I so sensitive? Guilt ridden? Aware of basic principles ~ right and wrong Where were your principles? I don’t know....................
How did you get away with it for so many years? I was left to fend for myself I was starving The pain in my stomach The embarrassment of being so small Broken bones... Shattered heart Why didn't you hold me? Just once
You always told me I was your least favorite The ugliest I believed you I couldn't look in the mirror without hating my flaws Even when I was older I didn’t look for my reflection Especially if someone else was looking in the same mirror I would notice all their beautiful features Heightening the ugliness in my face I would compare their faces to my hideous one You manipulated me Mind-****** me into seeing a beastly image I still sometimes struggle with this Despite how beautiful people say I am I make an effort to believe them But I do wonder and question it
You hid in your room Only came out to hurt me You tortured me like a prisoner of war Knocking me out Left me in a puddle of blood Asked me to clean my mess When I woke up confused Blood lingered in my mouth Swallowing Instead of rejecting It happened so often I got used to *drinking it Grew to like the taste Biting and chewing on the insides of my mouth Until I tasted blood Became my daily routine
You kicked in my ribs Kept me up for nights You threw me around like a rag doll But I wasn’t your only target I watched you assault my little sister Trying to defend her Getting your anger directed towards me Sometimes it worked But sometimes… I had to helplessly squint in pain As you beat the **** of her
Why were you filled with such anger? Hatred in your soul-less eyes Smiling in my suffering The satisfaction you had every time you hit me
You thought my boyfriend was cute So you decided to take him You wanted to make sure I had nothing You never got me a birthday cake Or even acknowledged my birthday I had to sneak into your wallet To find my Medicare card To know when my birthday was
You never did anything nice for me Except once One pathetic time I have one nice memory of you That’s on you
Sometimes… I think of an alternate ending for you I wonder how life would be for you and me If you were still alive Would you have cleaned up your act? Made an effort to be a mother? Would I forgive you If you changed into a kinder, caring person I’m still not sure A part of me hopes I would While another part of me hopes I would have disowned you I didn’t forgive my father I am happy he isn’t in my life So I most likely would have done the same to you
I escaped you at the age of fourteen You died when I was sixteen You were ***** and beaten to death How brutal is that Was that karma? No way! No one deserves to die that way I hate that you died that way I went to your funeral It was surreal. My momster was gone Forever
I guess I should say thank you For teaching me four important life lessons
You taught me how be to independent Which helped in my success
You taught me about the destructive pitiful life of drugs Which helped me stay away in my weakest moments
You taught me to hate a life of poverty Which helped me pursue an education
You taught me about the effects of child abuse and neglect Which helped me gain empathy for others
You always told me I was nothing.... Ask anyone in my life today They will tell you the exact opposite I AM your perfect contrast You were nothing!!!! Not me I made something of myself Trying to prove you wrong Your belief that I was a loser A nobody A worthless dumb-*** The right push I needed to rise above your abuse Driving me to succeed
Thank you for never believing in me Turns out I didn't need you after all You did not raise me I raised myself I taught myself You didn't break me You made me stronger