Dear Parents (poem)

What can I say to make this okay
What can I do to make this a better day
I can’t help but think about all the times
That you failed me with parental crimes
You made me feel so alone
And you don’t want to atone
For every mistake you made
That made me look to the blade
My dreams were a joke to you
Your insults come out of the blue
Fat, ugly, stupid, worthless
My self-esteem is a mess
Do you know how it can feel
To never be told that your love is real?
And to never know if you are mad
At me when I haven’t even done something bad
I now live my life in fear

Always more anxious than I appear

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