Friday, December 30, 2016

Family Words

10:48 AM    1 comment

Age 3, second from the left

Stop talking.
Stop your babbling.
No one wants to hear you!
SHUT UP!

No one likes you.
You're so stupid.
What are you saying?
SHUT UP!

What is wrong with you?
No one can stand you.
We don't want you here!
SHUT UP!

*******

I want a voice.
Only to be heard.
Listen to me!
PLEASE!
Don't shut me up.

(Writing has become the voice I didn't have as a child. Thank you for reading.)

1 comments:

  1. achildofthekingDecember 30, 2016 at 12:11 PM

    I know this all too well! My favorite part of this poem: "Don't shut me up!"

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