My Little Rant

For many people who have tried to hold me down in my life, and why they'll never win....

You stand there

You know who you are

Your eyes

Beady, darting, ever watching

Implying, studying my every move

Looking down, snubbing

You say that I'll never make it

With your cold, over the shoulder

Turn the other way looks

 

Your nose, snubbed high into the air

So high up, if it pours

You're gonna drown

Like, if I am beneath your snot

Then you don't have to see

How I am rising above

Your expectations of me

Sniffling, wrinkling, twitching

I know you think your s**t doesn't stink

But down here honey,

I would kill for a million roses

To erode the stench you leave

 

Accusations, turning blame

Wondering how I turned out this way

Oh, but when I succeed

Even though you know I can't

Don't pat yourself on the back

Saying what a good job you did

How you helped, nurtured and cared

Because all you did was whine from way up there

And when I pass you on the ladder of life

Don't be shocked, don't be dismayed

Because I simply won't play your little games

 

Cutting you lose

Not like cords

Those are bound too tight

More like ribbon

Or ivy from a crown

A simple snip, here and there

knot up the lose strands

Tuck them in, out of your sight

You'll never tie us together again

But you're shocked you say

Can't believe I'd behave this way

Your taboos are no longer mine

Your fears I can leave behind

And when I succeed,

And I know I will

You'll be there

Bottom lip poked out

 

Then the real tears and whining can begin

But, I won't be near

Therefore I won't hear

And don't bother knocking on my door

Ringing my phone

In fact, don't even send an email

It'll just be a waste of your time

Why would I want to waste mine on you

You only wanted me for you

You didn't want me for me

You wanted what you could get out of me

 

Your time is up

My sun is shining down on me

And I have rainbows and blue skies ahead

Want a piece of my pot of gold?

Too bad

Farewell

You'll be sad

I'll be glad

Excuse me, will you

My dreams are calling me over there....

Author's Note

I am working on letting the past hurts and people that have hurt me go. I don't need the baggage anymore. This is one of many steps to reach that point! Thanks for any and all reviews

Reviews

[Bubo]

I love love love this............love it!!Love the rant, the bitchness and utter truth lying behind it..........so many things you say brilliantly.
Like, if I am beneath your snot

Then you don't have to see

How I am rising above

Your expectations of me

Sniffling, wrinkling, twitching

I know you think your s**t doesn't stink

But down here honey,

I would kill for a million roses

To erode the stench you leave



I love this............I know a fair few people like this too, it use to hurt but now I am much tougher
and simply can't be bothered with them...............your write is such a strong way of letting people
know exactly what you think, and you will continue your path that is filled with love and joy, even dreams
these people will never have...............just fabulous!!

[Wildecat]

Well everyone of us has to cut our losses sometime and move on. A good poem and a nice read.

[Robert Luna]

I always love rants they are so self releasing and have the ability to free one's self from so much grief and pain. I loved your style of freeing yourself in defying who someone was trying to turn you into. Glad to read such strength in your words and the power that you found in yourself to escape a path that was leading to a place and a person that you never wished to be.


Well Done!!!!!

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Susan, this is a good way to let the past hurts out and leave you .. i love it!
I love the different colors, to me they seem a change of tone or feeling you are having ..
People can be so cruel and use us and act so high and mighty.. you not only wrote this for you but so many of us .. love it!
Keep up .. send a pm when you have a new one .. i sure miss my old friends .. good to see and read you again ..

Chloe
xoxo