u/AltruisticFisting

I got so used to living in hell,

That I couldn't even tell,

That my life was on fire,

My existence like a funeral pyre,

It was normal, it was home,

Now I realise it was Stockholm syndrome,

What I thought was normality,

Was more like cruelty,

A weapon or words,

Doesn't matter what came first,

Did we really deserve the belt?

Was is so we could feel what you felt?

It's a weird act to commit,

Deliberately making your children feel like shit,

All you have succeeded in doing,

Is removing support while you're ageing,

With everything that I do,

I pity you.

I have 63 more that I've written, they are all attempts to work through feelings surrounding my childhood. I'm hoping to put them all together and publish them all in a book. Any feedback is appreciated.