My Reasons for my being here:



I am not here so you can ignore your partners
needs.

I'm not here so you can leave your partner
alone.

I am not here to see you mistreat your
partner.

I am not here to be enslaved by your selfish
needs.

I am here so that you both are not left alone, scared
and confused.

So, please don't scar me anymore, I have been scarred by your lack, of love and compassion, towards your partner.

Remember, that partner is my mother.

Remember, I sacrificed my happiness for yours.

About this poem

I wrote this poem because of the pain I feel for my mother with dementia. I write poems to feel better and let the pain out of my chest. I write my poem because I have no one to talk to.

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Written on October 02, 2023

Submitted by bleon967 on October 02, 2023

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Scheme xA bx xb xA xx b b x
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 475
Words 103
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1

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