You Can't Hurt Me... anymore

I hid all of my pain inside,

but I was a child, just learning to hide.

Who could I have trusted to help?

For years, I always blamed myself.

For your actions, there was no excuse.

There was no reason for your abuse.

You robbed my heart and put me to shame,

You took away my joy and replaced it with pain.

 

Are you proud of the things you’ve done?

Are you haunted by what I know?

Do you have doubts and fears of your own?

Do you feel that you have won?  

Because of who I am today,
I know you’ve lost this race.

The guilt you claim to have never felt,

I can see it now, all over your face.

 

I cried a thousand tears each night,

I was too small to put up a fight,

It hurt so bad to be betrayed,

By a heartless woman, a loving family once made.

 

Because of the anger and frustration I felt before,

I refuse to let you in and I am sorry Mom, 
but you can’t hurt me anymore.

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Your poignant story-in-a-poem is expressed with a variety of emotions, very palpable, sounding like the "inner child" that still cries out, even if the narrator is now grown up. There are many expressions that bring this situation to life, such as the questioning in stanza 3 (very well stated). I also love the last 2 lines in stanza 4 (people in denial, yet it shows all over their faces -- such a universal truth). But most of all, the title & last 2 lines really feel like a punch in the gut. I have a similar family situation, so I can say, this sounds as realistic as it gets. We all put up walls to keep out this kind of pain.

[The Inner Me]

Thank you Barley! Much appreciated.

[Adesanya Yewande]

Wow.i love this, it like a story about someone who has been hurt in childhood and now want to stop been hurt, i would prefer this as a story. Good work

[The Inner Me]

Thank you for the review. Poems have always been my thing but I look to give a story a shot at some future point. Thanks for stopping by!

[Adesanya Yewande]

Am looking foward to your stories

[Riddhi]

Hey!!!Its nice...You have expressed your feelings and emotions in this poem in a skillful manner...Keep on writing and thanks for sharing...

[The Inner Me]

Thank you!