Parental Rights

Spoken daggers reopening still-tender flesh.
Invisible festering scars.
Too perfect, but still not good enough.
There's only one right answer,
and it's not yours.
My body may still be in your possession,
but my soul can never be owned.

Spiritual anarchy,
Political piety,
Social conformity,
Forbidden individuality.

Verbal slap in the face, unseen bruise.
Quick glance away.
Can you not look me in the face, mother?
Internal shudder, unwelcome fear.
Maybe if you ignore it, it will just disappear.
You'd like that, wouldn't you?

Mental degredation,
Emotional emancipation,
Verbal proclamation,
Of physical dissociation.

Ideal role-model for all appearances.
But what do appearances matter?
Selfish, conceited, disrespectful, useless bitch.
An experiment gone horribly wrong.
Politically incorrect strangers.
Related only by blood.
Outcast among outcasts.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Is this what you want, Mother?
Because I'm doing it for you.