I know this now
And so should
You

All that I’ve endured
And been put
Through

But don’t you try
No, don’t you
Dare !

To tell me that
I shouldn’t go
There

That this was my doing,
I should’ve known not
To

For you don’t have
A clue what I’ve been
Through

I wouldn’t simply
Sign my happiness
Away

Sell my soul to the
Devil on bright sunny
Day

What I condoned,
I so deeply
Condemned

So, why did this
Not stop me
Then?

Perhaps I did not
Think that I
Deserved

More than the poor
Treatment I was
Served

I cannot explain my
Mind: so
Incomprehensible

And you say I should’ve
Been more
Sensible

But until you have
Trudged in my
Shoes

Shut your mouth
Withhold your
Views

I did not know
How to nurture
Myself

At the time I
Needed the
Help

That “sweet” care
he gave went a
Long way

I was blind when
I let myself be led
Astray

And I gave and
I gave so
Abundantly

Only to become
The epitome of
Redundancy

To be loved was
My most burning
Need

So much so, that I tried
To satisfy his
Greed?

You stone and shun
Me with your
Shame

You brutally tell me
That I am to
Blame

But my dear, until you
Know what I’ve been
Through

Respect me, for one day
It might be
You...