Standing alone in a corner, finding the punishment justified

Needing to feel their disappointment, to let me know I am alive

Because I have learned negative attention is better than silence

At the dinner table. An unstable fuel that always came through to

Let me know I have failed. I am feeling unsatisfied and afraid;

Will I find safety in these lonely days? Looking back I find

Cracking foundations where childhood memories rest and when

That angry voice strikes my ear I will finally be put to the

Test. Do I need the fire to keep me going or can I do it on

My own? Now I have shown a tear, reality is near a place I call

Home. Is there strength to be found in memories left behind?

Times have changed I found me to blame and wounds will heal

With time. Let the past go