Greed
Are you satisfied?
Though you take and take and
Take and
Take and
Take?
Though you have so much
Will you never
Be satisfied?
My inheritance
Was pain
Yelling. Screaming.
Sometimes hitting.
“Don’t You dare cry.”
Never in the wrong.
Never could you be wrong.
Always my fault.
Always me in the wrong.
“Disrespectful brat!”
“Are you this stupid?”
God forbid I struggle
With anything
Because, to you, “This is so simple!
So easy!”
“Take your meds. Now. No arguing.”
But the meds make it-!
“No arguing”
-Make it worse-!
“You clearly need them.”
Meds that “counteract” the side effect of one
While making the condition for the first worse
Taking taking taking taking
Why must you always be
Taking taking taking taking
Ticking ticking ticking time
BOMB
So WRONG
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Listen! Listen!
Head SCREAM-
-ING
Need
Air
Need
S
P
A
C
E
Your need to
Control.
I’m Drowning deep, deep down
Never show my pain
Always smile
Walk on eggshells
I must not disrupt
Never show too much emotion.
Never be too loud.
Never eat foods I love.
Never eat too much.
Never raise my voice.
Never sleep too long.
Never stop working.
Never laugh too loud.
Never fight back.
How much more nevers?
How much shall you keep
Taking taking taking taking
I have so little
Yet enough
You cannot take me
You cannot take my friends
Right?
Surely not
Don’t…
… Please?
