As I stare up at this monster above me
I scream
A despicable being
Is trying to hug me
A person who screamed and roared in my face
In an act accentuating hate
The voice was grim and raspy
And its tone was demanding and fearful
It rose over me for disagreeing
For protecting my innocence
For validating my very existence
And now it says I love you
It spews disgustingly sweet words in my ears
Like cakes and pudding being shoved in my face
I cry and cry and cry
Pleading and dreading the night
But the hush me until I ache
With sweet sweet pain
And then in the morning
It happened again
And again
And again
And it will happen
forever
until
my future
18th birthday.
