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You’ve taught me everything you know:

that no one can be trusted,

that no one cares about anyone

but themselves.



Who left you so jaded?

Why has your joy faded?



All my life I have tried to please you

although you thought everything

I did was selfishly motivated.



Were you watching me

or just bashing me?



All I ever wanted was

to be good enough

in your eyes.



Did I prove myself,

or do you still disapprove?



But now I see that

I could never please you

because you were preoccupied

trying to please your own mother.



It’s a game you won’t win;

you lost before you’d ever begin.



I’ve told you to give up~

that some people are just

rabid pessimists,

infected with misery.



I don’t want you to be like her

with your faith blurred.



Please I beg of you

surrender yourself to hope,

realize that even if she will

never believe in you,

I do and so does your Father.



He loves you despite the flaws;

He loves it all.



Open your heart to Him;

Let Him remove

the disease

you’ve transmitted from her:

bitterness and rejection.