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

This poem is about: 
Me
My family
My community
My country
Our world

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