Poems

This Isn't Normal, Is It?

Families fight sometimes
But always forgive
not all families are the same
Like mine 

Fighting
Arguing
Shouting
Hurting
Threatening
Arresting
Crying
Sadness
That's all I think about

My family doesn't listen
They don't listen to my cries
They don't listen to my whines
They don't listen to my pain
They don't listen to me

They fight over my memories
They argue over my sorrow
They bicker over my voice

I'm never heard
I never knew how to talk
I had to be quiet
'Cause one wrong word
Could kill me

I was once told to speak up
But how?
I never learned
I learned how to hide
I learned how to be quiet
I learned how to forget about my health
I learned to starve some days
I learned to keep everything to myself
Because no one will listen
No one will care
They just brush me off
They ignore my pain
And sorrow
And crying
And me

I'm forgotten in my house
And I'm forgotten to myself