Post by aes83205 on Sept 20, 2023 14:53:51 GMT -5
I remember when I was nine,
and my mother was pregnant.
I remember my father telling me it was another boy,
that I,
his only daughter,
was a mistake.
My father didn’t have daughters.
I remember when that baby was a girl.
and he loved her like he did my brothers.
What did they have that I didn't?
can’t he see that I am just like him?
I remember when I realize that is why
my father doesn't love me like the others.
his rage tears into me,
as it tears out of me too.
if it was his mission
to look at me like a broken mirror,
to look into my eyes and see his resentment staring right back;
He wins.
and my mother was pregnant.
I remember my father telling me it was another boy,
that I,
his only daughter,
was a mistake.
My father didn’t have daughters.
I remember when that baby was a girl.
and he loved her like he did my brothers.
What did they have that I didn't?
can’t he see that I am just like him?
I remember when I realize that is why
my father doesn't love me like the others.
his rage tears into me,
as it tears out of me too.
if it was his mission
to look at me like a broken mirror,
to look into my eyes and see his resentment staring right back;
He wins.