By SELIA CROUCH, November 16, 2021
Tell me
why you act the way you do—
like a selfish kid.
It’s sick.
You just stand there
like I’m stupid.
Why’d you do this?
I’m not disposable.
I’m worth more than a kiss,
than a night out.
I want to shout
while you just pout
not knowing what
it’s all about.
The hell you mean
it doesn’t count?
Yes it does.
Yes she does.
And who I was
is without cause.
Alone
is all you’ll be
while I stand free
of your tyranny,
of your lies,
and I try
to just look to the sky
and cry.
But I’m not like
You.
I’m not like you
and you know that’s true.
You knew
and you did it anyway.
So tell me
what you did that day.
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