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They Call This Family

Some are judgmental and intolerant

Melissa Steussy
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Poems

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Photo by Kelsey Chance on Unsplash

I protect my peace
At all costs

And that has cost me
Relationships with human
Beings

In which their
Being
Was too much
For me to handle

I pushed them out
And
Let myself feel what it means
To be alone

I spent nights in tears
And some nights in comfort
Over the years
That have passed
And the people who have passed
With them

I stay guarded
Although I know they can not
Get to me now
But I have a vivid imagination
Which
Tricks me into believing
I’m not safe

They call me names behind my
Back
And I do the same

We hold our injustices
Close
Like our
Babies

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