I don’t know what you remember
What you block out
What you forget
Or what you can’t admit that happened
But it’s not okay
I was hungry and wasn’t fed
I needed a mother and you weren’t there
Rage was taken out on children
It’s not okay
You have your reason I am sure
And even I can rationalize it
In my head I know that abuse begets abuse
I know to an extent how that human mind works develops
But it’s still not okay
We moved so often I didn’t have friends
I needed roots
I needed a place to call home
I needed a mom that was there
I know the reasons you have for not being there
It’s not okay
I have a right to feel loss and pain too
To feel angry that I had a mom and she wasn’t with me
You were abusive
You were absent even when you were there
It’s not okay
Even now you try and pretend
What a great mother you were
How much you gave
Blah blah blah
I needed a protector
I needed a comforter
I needed a mother
You weren’t there
When you were there
You were like a time bomb
One minute happy
The next you were beating Tracy
It’s not okay
Now you like to pretend that we have this wonderful mother daughter
Bond and relationship
What I need you can’t or won’t give
I need you to be honest in all things
I need you to be responsible
I need you to be my mother
Not my best friend
The more I get to know you
The more I don’t like you in a lot of ways
What happened and what is happening is not okay
And now I don’t know if it would be better for me to break away
Or if the breaking away would hurt too much
Not because of the loss of you but
Because of the loss of the idea of you
The idea of a good mother
I hate it when I am having a real problem
You don’t really listen
You cut in to dump your issues on me
You are the mom I am the daughter
You are supposed to be the support not me
I hate it that is everyday conversation
Your always having some crisis more important than mine
I hate it when you tell me too many details about your sex life
It makes me uncomfortable
Healthy relationships have boundaries
You don’t have any
You tell total strangers
Or my friends about your life
And all its problems
That is not normal!
It freaks people out
That’s not what people talk about when they first meet
I hate it when you ask to use my pain pills
I hate it that I always doubt it when your in pain
This is not okay
Don’t you get it
You’re pushing Tracy and I away again
As we get healthier
We can more clearly see
And we are coming to the realization that we don’t have real parents
We feel like orphans
It’s not okay
I know this pain too.
Our journeys similar.
Familiar.
The more I read, the dizzier I become, the more I hide not dealing with these aspects yet.
Your words are too close.. too familiar.
You are such a gifted writer. I can feel your emotions climbing behind my eyelids.