Would You Care?

I hate everything I am
Because it is what you created
Both physically and emotionally.
After years of you telling me
That nothing I do is good enough;
That I don't dress the way you think I should;
That I didn't inherit your 'good looks';
That my brain isn't working well;
That I'm podgy;
That I'm pathetic;
That only losers cry;
I finally get it -
You hate everything I am too.
At one stage all I wanted
Was to make you proud,
But my attempts were in vain -
Nothing I did was good enough.
I often wonder how you would cope
If you no longer had me to put down.
Would you finally acknowledge
That I was once there?
Would you even notice
That I'm not there anymore?
Would you care
If you saw my lifeless body
Bleeding and dangling from the ceiling?
No.
You'd be to busy congratulating yourself
That you were right for calling me weak...

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