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That Someone Isn't Me
My life is on eggshells
Waiting on you
What you have planned
What is your mood
Dealing with you
Starting to withdraw
Will you come to bed
Will you come home at all
I'm often alone at night
One excuse or another
Spending most of your time
Surrounded by the others
You're angry lashes out
Above everything else
I will make it worse
If I don't keep to myself
If I express my feelings
You say I want to fight
I'm turning the tables
My motives are out of spite
You end conversations
That don't go your way
Refuse to discuss it
There's nothing I can say
You won't ever listen
Or even let me talk
If I say another word said
You will threaten to walk
Because of my mouth
You can't stand to be near me
Even when I'm provoked
With insults and name-calling
You're so ashamed
Living like we do
But think it's my job
To pick up after you
I'm taken for granted
And seldom given credit
But anything you need
You expect me to get it
You can do wrong
You're such a great catch
You say you're a good guy
And I am just a bitch
Nothing is good enough
I can do nothing right
Trying to defend myself
Will only start a fight
Why do I deserve
To endure all of this
Feeling like an afterthought
I feel like I barely exist
My place should be
Before all the others
Treated with respect
And not behind another
You'll never be happy
All my efforts you deny
I might as well admit defeat
Why should I even try
Someone more like you
Is what you really need
Someone who behaves like you
That someone isn't me
© copyright 2020 Zimshall
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