articles - poetry

|sixty seven|

is it wrong to ask for forgiveness,
even when you're asking on their behalf?
is it wrong to smile to fake happiness,
especially when you're breaking inside?

i became a mask,
so foreign and hidden,
and i feel wrong to blame it on them,
even when they were the root and stem
of my turning out.

i know no one will believe me,
i know i brought it upon myself,
but i'm already holding so much,
can't i put the blame on them?