Lemons

 


Arriving into this world with a bloody good screaming first impression


Chipping away at this mountain of perception with each disappointing lesson


Mother dearest


Father furthest


If you did not desire to shoulder the teachings and my bosoming why not give me to somebody that would have?


Maybe adoption was not as prevalent of an option back in 1976


Dragged through childhood with dirt bunching up to create the resistance for momentum


Do I sound like an ungrateful spoiled lemon of a bitter kid?


The only two things I would have wanted was protection from molesters and been made to brush my teeth


I ask so much...


Seeking shelter in my mother's bed but the spot already claimed by the latest man that did not love her


I understand that it is natural for a woman to have these needs


Just wishing I was a bird loved enough to be released


When I spend time with my friend Shannon and her wholesome family


Sometimes I wonder what I could have been with my talents nurtured in serenity


How fast could have I strode in my teenage years without an engorged demon tied to the back of my neck


Would have I shone like the sun cared for with kindness and having a feeling of self-respect

Fuck it, what every...


I love life and I have conquered giants thrashing within myself


Despite you, not because of you


Finding the books I need to read without any help


Acquiring the habits that make one feel good


Discovering music and poetry to quench the need for therapy


With a full cup in my hand and a middle finger extended in the other


I smile a fuck you to the world smile and enjoy my tasty lemonade