Looking At You

I look at you
and you yell at me
and I think to myself
what misery

i look at you
and to me you say you love
and i think to myself
i need help from above

i look at you
and to me you whip
and i think to myself
keep a stiff upper lip

i look at you
and for sins i am stoned
and i think to myself
why am I disowned

i look at you
and i get disgust in return
and i think to myself
why must i get the burn

i look at you
and hate do i feel
and i think to myself
why must all this be real

i look at you
and i think about life
and i think to myself
you cause me so much strife

i look at you
with all owed respect
and i think to myself
why must i be wrecked

you look at me
and i look back
and you lash out at me
with a deadly whip crack

we look at each other
and love is not there
you are my mother
and your hate i can't bare

Author notes

Written May 2nd, 2005

A contest entry

Poetic Geniuses only....best of the best by Kasheera. 400 points, ended June 24, 2005, 32 entries
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Tawni Risley
May 2, 2005
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Perfectly unexpected!
we look at each other
and love is not there
you are my mother
and your hate i can't bare

Wow. thats deep. I know exactly how you feel! My mother and I always fight, and I can't sand it! I love her too much for that! I hope you're okay. I really do. I found out something tho...Mother's only yell because they care...sometimes...it's because they don't know what else to do. Thats my ma tho! Anyway! I love that part, because it's unexpected! great job! great write! And! Keep writing!