A/N: As you probably already know, I wrote this for a school assignment. Somehow it turned from child abuse to Dave Pelzer :\ I had no idea where to post this, so here it goes. Sucky sucky sucky. My fourth ever poem.
To Bluu Inkblot: Updated xD I hope you're satisfied now. ;]
To Mama
I was
your sunshine, the 'welcome' you get every day at the door
you were
my confidante, my shield and my teacher
but now--
a slap on the cheek, a "stop doing that"
I'm no longer good enough - why're you mad?
my head dipped in turpentine, forced to eat waste;
I guess I just don't suit your taste.
and to
eat ammonia, swallow soap!
what did I do to get your goat?
singe me, scorch me, just you try!
I'll never shed a tear, I'll never cry...
every time
every time it happens
I wonder, do you not like rainbows?
Mama...
-Dave Pelzer