farewell letter

A Poem by cricket

i didn’t know the word or
how to use it
hadn’t been allowed to know,
i wanted someone to feel exactly
how i felt,

empathize
empathize
empathize

i was so caught up
imagining this life where
you hadn’t taken away
so much,

more
more
more

accumulating your grotesque hoard over time
piles upon piles, shards of me
pieces painstakingly broken away,

insatiable
insatiable
insatiable

it hadn’t occurred to me before now
before writing this letter to my past
how long i’ve wasted
waiting to tell you,

i’m angry.