M's Poetry
Behind These Curtains
You followed me with an iron fist
or a baseball bat
whatever was handy
you made me cry, made me want to forget my name
you burnt me with that ugly black cigarette lighter
than told me not to complain ever about the burn or the scar
I remember being so scared of you
praying at night God would take your life somehow
I know that to be wrong now
but I was just eight then
and my pain was all I could ever feel
if I missed a dance step you would be ready
to send me across the room with your hand
if I didn't hit the notes just right
you would slap me so hard I tasted blood
I was never your child
or a product of your love
I was something else entirely
I was your dream that never happened
so now after all these years
I sit behind these curtains preparing to make my stage debut
I made it all the way to Broadway
and I never knew the lights could shine like this
I can't wait for the people to clap
to smile at my performance
they will never know what it took to get here
but that's okay....
some things are designed to stay behind these curtains....
2005@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
or a baseball bat
whatever was handy
you made me cry, made me want to forget my name
you burnt me with that ugly black cigarette lighter
than told me not to complain ever about the burn or the scar
I remember being so scared of you
praying at night God would take your life somehow
I know that to be wrong now
but I was just eight then
and my pain was all I could ever feel
if I missed a dance step you would be ready
to send me across the room with your hand
if I didn't hit the notes just right
you would slap me so hard I tasted blood
I was never your child
or a product of your love
I was something else entirely
I was your dream that never happened
so now after all these years
I sit behind these curtains preparing to make my stage debut
I made it all the way to Broadway
and I never knew the lights could shine like this
I can't wait for the people to clap
to smile at my performance
they will never know what it took to get here
but that's okay....
some things are designed to stay behind these curtains....
2005@ Copyright by Megan Bishop
