at my throat
all week
my whole life
no matter my efforts
to gain your approval
since growing older
you've forgotten
i'm vulnerable too
that there are gaps
within my rib cage
crevices, small enough
to pierce through
enough to hurt,
more than enough
to make me believe
that i wasn't
i still love you, p a p i
even if you will never
understand the pain
that you've caused me
Written: 11/25/18
Completed: 11/26/18
~and so we begin, with daddy issues
