Better Off

Better Off

A Poem by Caitlin
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But I know you never read. And truly, it’s okay. I’m better off that way.

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Pretending is my mission,

My issue and my job.

I’m watching you alone now

As you drown your mother’s cup

And I think, God you need some love.


And I wake up every morning

With the tar glued to my mouth

I’ve tried to be outspoken,

But the words just won’t come out


So I wrote all of it down

The words you never read

But we’re better off that way.


I’ve won you all the tickets,

And you’ve herded every prize

The mirror that I bought you

Showed us your mother’s face

And I’m sorry that you cried.


My back is strained from lifting,

I’ve long broken my pen.

I drank the ink inside it,

To keep from giving in.


But I know you never read.

And truly, it’s okay.

I’m better off that way.

© 2010 Caitlin


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Caitlin
Caitlin

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