i swear i am getting better
my communication is more healthy
i'm enforcing boundaries
honoring my emotions and needs
becoming aware of unhealthy habits
but you make me question my progress
you shame me
challenge me at every opportunity
since my differentiation
is seen as a threat
please let me go
i understand that you are trying to love me
in the way that you understand it to be
but i feel imprisioned
by the thoughts you have of me
that you want to preserve
i swear i'm making progress
getting better
leaving these habits
but i wonder if that will never happen
until i leave you
and the image you have of me
behind