Someone I wrote about in my poetry has told a third party to make me take down my poetry. In order to stay true to myself, the poetry, and the craft, I've decided I'm going to keep the poetry posted. No one has the right to try to limit my free speech, especially when they don't listen to others, believing everything is always someone else's fault.
I'm done with the finger being pointed at me, simply because it's easier that way. I'm gone with getting into fist fights with this person and then being told that it's 'normal'. I'm done with the energy this person drains from the room. I'm done with being abused by this person. I'm done with this person claiming that I abused them, and told they took care of me when my non-epileptic psychogenic seizures were at their worst. Every time I had a seizure they told me, "Every time you have a seizure it feels like you're punishing me" when it wasn't even about them.
This person has scarred me too much.
Every time they're around I have seizures. It wasn't until this person left my life that I stopped having nearly as many. A seizure happens now maybe once a week and only lasts a couple of minutes. When this person was in my life the seizures never stopped. Because of this, I think it's obvious that I feel much safer now that they're out of my life.
As an artist, a poet, and a writer, I think it's important to note that our First Amendment is free speech, which means that I'm allowed to heal through my writing and taking care of myself through my poetry. That's what poetry is: a personal look into someone's life, and sometimes, healing process.
This person needs to remember that they supported me when I was writing poetry about other people, such as my other family members. They supported me through writing about everyone else but them. This is ridiculous. What? Are they suddenly so righteous that they the right to tell me what to write and what not to write? I'm done with that nonsense.
I'm taking care of myself.
