The Worth and Word Of Ten
All you have to see
Is a human
You don't need to see
Who I am going to be
All you need to see
Is a fellow human
In order to treat one
With dignity
Not seeing me as a human
Is the problem
Not that you made a mistake
You didn't
You made a decision
Each time you chose to abuse
You did what you wanted
What was in your heart
What you believe
What you feel
It's too late to turn back the dial
At any time before now
You could have made amends
You made many choices not to
All you had to do
Was stay out of my way
Instead of preying
You didn't have to believe in me
All you had to do was not attack
You didn't have to see my worth
You just had treat me like life
You didn't have to understand me
You just had to not take from me
The excuse of
Oh my bad
I didn't see
Isn't valid
None of you have an excuse
You are your choices
There were many decisions
You could have made
But you didn't
Like you told me all my life
When you were explaining away
Why I wasn't allowed to thrive
I wonder if you hear yourself
You clearly don't know yourself
You obviously don't see yourself
My life was never a game
You shouldn't have played with me
Like I am
As you judged me
You slandered
All you had to do
Was leave me alone
Not abuse
Not steal
Not slander
Not exploit
Not torture
Not hire people to stalk
Not humiliate
Not shame
Not control
No dominate
Even if you didn't see me
You didn't have to destroy my life
You made choices
My children and I were hurt over them
Over and over and over
You consciously chose
To destroy my life
Then slander me for it
There is no excuse
I didn't know doesn't even make since
You choose abuse
THAT is the reason
I won't cap for your false narrative
Stay away from me
You lost your chance
You fumbled
You did the worst
I'm not yours
Never again
Let me be
Or meet my defenses
All that is left
Is for your debt to be paid
So Be It
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Written on September 29, 2023
Submitted by DanielleDiew on September 29, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,844 |
Words | 384 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 87 |
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