I Escape Gravity
You rant and rave about the bullying done to
Your child at school
We've seen the pics on FB
Heard the stories
Even rooted for your victories before judges
Yet your head is buried in the fertilizer
Oblivious to what's going on in your own home
Are you
Under your roof
Right under your nose
Shut a blind eye
Plugged a deaf ear
How that same sweet darling of a poor innocent
Has revealed herself in moments to me
As a horribly manipulative little monster of a bully
It's quite horrible to see
It's repulsive, makes me sick and angry
But now it's clear to me
Where she learns it
Not just from the mean girls at school
No she probably taught them a thing or two
Sometimes the truth is ugly
Hard to swallow
Completely
And here I am
Mired in this all too familiar storm
Of codependency
Trying not to get sucked in
Never wanted to be here again
It's a hard spot to be
Can't win for losin'
Between a rock and a hard place
When are things ever gonna change
I've been put in my corner
Haven't i
Been told who i can and can't talk to
Been shown
How YOUR respect and YOUR feelings and YOUR privacy
YOUR EVERYTHING
Is more important than my anything
Nothing is what it seemed
You speak of your proposed anti-bullying rally
Pattin' yourself on the back
It's a joke
You guys are some of the biggest ones I know
Can you even comprehend
The definition
I keep forgetting
You keep reminding me
What's yours is yours
AND what's mine is yours
You call me to the dinner table
But all you're serving
Is double binds
Oppression and intimidation
With sides of disillusionment, bitterness
Fear and anger
No thanks I'm full
I'll pass
I've seen enough, heard enough, learned enough
About this sick and perverted
Twisted little circus
To know I better keep my mouth sewn shut
And not say a damn word
'Cause damned if I do and damned if I don't
Don't stir the pot right
If I want to survive
If I know what's good for me
Well that's your philosophy
And you can keep it
I won't cower in the corner
Not gonna bow down to you
Or your little tyrant of your own crafting
It's not to be
I'm just too free
Soon you'll see
I escape gravity