Childhood Memories

You should have been different,

peaceful and kind,

supportive and loving,

not violent and out of your mind.

Strangest thing is, the way we miss,

That life, we never had and pine for.

You never loved me and made it known,

neither you nor him could care less if I was gone.

Even now, I struggle within, the pain never leaves.

Can’t let anyone in. These issues unresolved, unhealed.

Somehow make you question how you feel.

Do you not think about what you did to me?

Or is it easier not to see the truth?

Narcissistic to the core, only you and I know more.

The games you played were indeed unfair.

Theatrical performances. Actors on a stage.

Relationships broken, tarnished, destroyed,

all for the image that was portrayed.