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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Monochrome Rainbow [✔️Completed]
PoetrySometimes the darkness, sadness and cruelty of the world becomes so much to bear that we start seeing everything around us in gloomy shades of grey, even rainbows and sunshine. Monochrome Rainbow is a lyrical free verse poetry book reflecting on gri...
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