Gifts

Gifts represent the bane of my existence
having lived life with so much resistance
forced to learn the unfortunate fact
that gifts require a payback
by family that so desperately wanted piety
in their gift giving ability
so now I carry this ugly scar on my brain
that accepting gifts will bring me pain
but there seems to be a light at the end
learning something from a very close friend
that maybe the gifts come condition free
and that they just want to make me happy
so with a hesitant smile and grateful heart
I say thank you for pulling my beliefs apart.