It was the burden
I couldn’t love
You held it
And I held you
It wasn’t your core
that I finally rejected
It was your
choice
not to let it go
To let me
drown in it’s weight
You aren't here
You keep saying
As if I had a choice
You let me carry
The universe
and viewed me with disgust
when I
forced the whisper
‘enough’
And then
let it all collapse
The shaming of the world
rasps
in my ear
and fingers wag
with
disapproval
You didn’t care enough
You let it drop
You were supposed to
crush
your
self
trying
Like any good woman
Would
Failure
Failure
Failure
You want me
to believe
Monster
Monster
Monster
And I repeat it
to myself
At the same time that I
lick the wounds
and inch my way
forward
It’s a withered self
that lives with me now
And all the weight
that’s left
is my own
But
I was always
strong
enough
to carry
that
Oct 4, 2018
Oct 4, 2018 at 2:53 AM UTC
It was the burden
I couldn’t love
You held it
And I held you
It wasn’t your core
that I finally rejected
It was your
choice
not to let it go
To let me
drown in it’s weight
You aren't here
You keep saying
As if I had a choice
You let me carry
The universe
and viewed me with disgust
when I
forced the whisper
‘enough’
And then
let it all collapse
The shaming of the world
rasps
in my ear
and fingers wag
with
disapproval
You didn’t care enough
You let it drop
You were supposed to
crush
your
self
trying
Like any good woman
Would
Failure
Failure
Failure
You want me
to believe
Monster
Monster
Monster
And I repeat it
to myself
At the same time that I
lick the wounds
and inch my way
forward
It’s a withered self
that lives with me now
And all the weight
that’s left
is my own
But
I was always
strong
enough
to carry
that