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I Didn't Ask To Be Born
Mother fucks with my head,
There's nothing I can do,
It's something she's an expert at,
Won't hesitate with you.
She makes me think it's me,
Acts like I'm a little shit,
Always thinking for myself,
So that deserves a hit.
It's okay though,
Because "my mummy's strong",
She'll sort out all my "problems",
Though to me they'll always belong.
Screaming loudly in my drunken state,
She'd just sigh and shut the door,
"I'LL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH!"
I'll live with that forevermore.
Daddy wasn't there,
I tried and tried and tried,
He just stopped calling back,
So I cried and cried and cried.
My friends have all bailed out,
They left me here alone,
I pushed them all away,
Too scared to pick up the phone.
I know it's my fault,
My thought process is torn,
Though people keep forgetting,
I didn't ask to be born.
There's nothing I can do,
It's something she's an expert at,
Won't hesitate with you.
She makes me think it's me,
Acts like I'm a little shit,
Always thinking for myself,
So that deserves a hit.
It's okay though,
Because "my mummy's strong",
She'll sort out all my "problems",
Though to me they'll always belong.
Screaming loudly in my drunken state,
She'd just sigh and shut the door,
"I'LL NEVER BE GOOD ENOUGH!"
I'll live with that forevermore.
Daddy wasn't there,
I tried and tried and tried,
He just stopped calling back,
So I cried and cried and cried.
My friends have all bailed out,
They left me here alone,
I pushed them all away,
Too scared to pick up the phone.
I know it's my fault,
My thought process is torn,
Though people keep forgetting,
I didn't ask to be born.
Published 21st Apr 2013
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21st Apr 2013 1:18pm
Nice, tough and(its own way, rather elegant) piece
with a good ending (Though isn't the last line the universal teenage response?- perhaps you chose it for that reason). Reminds me is style and language of Philip Larkin's
They fuck you up, you mum and dad.
They don't mean to but they do
They pass on their faults and add
Some just for you.
with a good ending (Though isn't the last line the universal teenage response?- perhaps you chose it for that reason). Reminds me is style and language of Philip Larkin's
They fuck you up, you mum and dad.
They don't mean to but they do
They pass on their faults and add
Some just for you.
21st Apr 2013 2:37pm
Thank you c: actually, it's something my mother always used to tell my friend when she was going through a rough time. That's pretty true, parents do fuck you up, even if they don't mean it.
21st Apr 2013 11:30pm
I thought I had commented on this... well, it's very powerful. You shoulda posted it in the anger category, it fits better there and it would get a lot more views.
22nd Apr 2013 10:42am
