PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

How do I show you

I'm not the enemy

I'm a lover

I'm a sister

I'm a mother

I'm a best and ever faithful friend

I'll be anything you want me to be

Yet who's to say that would

change a thing?

Now that you've made me

your scapegoat

I'd like to say that it's okay

that I don't mind being a martyr for you

and I wear the crown of thorns you gave to me

with pride

But it's slipping round my neck

and I'm choking

wishing I could breathe you out of my lungs

wishing I could scream "It's not okay"

I'd like to say that with every breath I take

until I breathe no more

that you are forgiven

and it never was your fault

But it won't be okay

until you know I'm not the enemy

Tell me how to show you

I'll do what I can

Tell me how to make you believe

I'm not the enemy