Friday, June 20, 2025

Punishable offense

You said I didn't choose you 

But you never made myself a choice

Your compliance and manners 

Made you a personified trap 

I was arrested for what I was given permission to do 

You say I didn't choose you. 

Did you stand on the chopping block 

And say me or him? 

Or did you play a good guy

And just pretend to be my partner?

Say the things you thought you should say 

Like a movie script 

Denying your truth 

Did you set me up to fail 

When i came to you open and real?

Asking you 

was choosing you 

Here I thought I was safe to allow myself 

To tap into emotions I had numbed 

So I could feel them 

And release them 

Allowing space to grow closer to you

But the whole time you were testing me 

Amd keeping a score. 

You had me. 

YOU HAD ME. 

And you didn't believe you were worthy. 

So you let me go 

You watered down my growth 

You starved my attempt to connect

You withheld your care and affection 

You stop being mine 

Self sabotage should be a crime. 

A punishable offense. 

Maybe it was really you 

Not choosing you. 

Maybe it had nothing 

to do with me. 



 

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