Poems of a Teenage Girl

Reasons

Listen is there a reason

That you act like I'm a problem

Or that I'm doing everything wrong

Call me Lazy

Ok

Tell me to shut up

Alright

But what are the reasons that you make me feel so small

So incompetent

Do you even know that you're doing these things?

Or do you just not care?

Do you really think I don't do anything?

Half the time

IM cooking

IM cleaning

IM making sure that ——— & ——- are safe and not doing anything stupid

You don't like to play with your siblings

So? Why does it matter to you?

Don't force our relationship

We have it on our time

Okay you work 18 hours a day. Cool. I appreciate you, but reasons do have to make feel so stupid, so idiotic

Why is that your excuse?

If I really shut up, would you even notice?

If I really was lazy, would that please you?

If I really did everything and anything you asked me to do, and drop everything that I'm doing to do so, would you finally accept me how I am?

Oh I love you so much and you know it

Sure I do, but sometimes it really does feel like you wish I wasn't your daughter

It's funny how you think you understand me or that you everything about me. That you know me.

You don't a damn thing about me. I've been in your life's 15 years and you have to look at your arm for my birthday, it's sad. People that I've known for less than a year know more about me that you ever did in the past 15.

Tell me what your reasons are, so that one day, you could like me.