I feel responsible for this
Every day your moral scale shifts further away
Surrounded by like minds there is no need to hide
You shed away the constricting skin I of a person I can respect
And spread your poison covered wings

You are tentative at first
And I forgive the things I find unforgivable
You always clench your fist when you say something I will disapprove of
But I cannot police your mind
I don’t want to police your mind

Little by little
I can feel the ugly truth settle in my lungs
That deep down
In all the ways that matter
You will never respect me
You will never love me

And in my desperation I will let you drag yourself further away from me
I will try to make myself acceptable to you
I will let you say the things that make my skin crawl
Because then you will trust me
And some part of you will be mine

I don’t want to face my part in the monster I’ve created