Ghosts

I can not 
I will not 
believe in your ghosts with you

Those ghosts
Those demons
Those creatures
Those things you make up 
as excuses
to abuse me

The argument is too strong 
it is always too strong 
and I can not win
I can not fight you
I can not fight those things you have created to scare me 
because they do not exist 
except on the days 
you wish to use them against me

I can not 
I will not 
fight you
or your ghosts 
or your demons 
or your monsters
or your shadows
or your lost things…

But neither will I let them continue to bully me 
to call me names
to make idle threats
to punish me 
to keep me compliant 
to keep me back
to keep me guarded

I am my own person..
without you
And 
without your ghosts 
I do not believe 
I do not obey
I can not continue

I will not believe in your ghosts…
But
since they are real for you
I must ask that you please
release them

Or..
if nothing else..
please just release me..