the offspring
of borderline mothers
are at high risk
for psychopathologythe anger
my codependent mishaps
were handed down
in my bloodthe white woman
who couldn'tteach me
to care for
my tight curly hairteach me
emotional
regulationteach me
how the racism
in our town
wasn't
acceptableteach me
to walk away
from men
who raise
their fists
at women
and girls
to prove
their point
to establish a
egomaniacal sense
of control
and
superiorityteach me
how to set
boundariesteach me
to love
myselfteach me to love
the black skin
i'm inteach me
black american
historyshe made me
this way
and it's impossible
to resist expressing
my resentment towards her
whether expression
is released
in person
on the phone
or
in my journalshe demolished my life
before i had
the opportunity
to break out
of the walls
of the abusive household
where i gnawed my leg
like a dogbefore i had
a mere chance
to live and love
BẠN ĐANG ĐỌC
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Thơ Calacrima. tw. highest rankings #1 in deeppoetry #1 in sadpoetry #1 in freeversepoetry #2 in blackpoet #2 in yapoetry #3 in prose third poetry collection (2023)