I'M DONE

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I'm done apologizing 

for being human 

bleeding when you cut me 

hurting when you wounded me 

screaming when you broke me 

for being angry 

when anger was the only motivation I had 

to get me through a life 

I didn't feel was worth living 


I'm done saying sorry for sadness 

the quiet storm that churned behind my ribs 

crying when you broke my heart 

wallowing when you kicked me while I was down 

for lashing out in pain when you abused me 

for the days I couldn't fake calm just to keep the peace 


You wanted me 

stoic 

unbroken 

emotionless 

invincible 

a perfect statue 

carved from stone and silence  

but you kept chipping away at me  

until I cracked 

loud enough to be heard 


You talked to me like I was defective 

like my thoughts came pre-fractured 

like my words and feelings 

were meaningless white noise 

that could be ignored 


You excluded me 

ostracized me 

alienated me 

dissected me 

reduced me to a joke 

whispered behind 

every closed door 


I'm not your scapegoat 

your pity project 

your punchline 

your subhuman plaything 

to be poked and prodded 

until I snap 

for your amusement 


You dehumanized me for years 

and somehow 

I still found the strength 

to stay human 

without ever stooping 

to your level 

down in the filth 

you love to play in 


So no 

I won't say sorry anymore 

not for surviving 

not for feeling 

not for becoming the monster 

you wanted to make me out to be 

not for being everything 

you tried to erase 


I'm done apologizing 

for having limits 

and boundaries 

and emotions 

just like everybody else 

and I'm not sorry 

for being human 

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