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Because of you
Listen, do you hear that sound?
The sound of a heart beating faster than the speed of sound
Do you hear the frantic screaming of a paranoid girl?
Her screams could shatter glass
Do you hear the cries of a girl who can't trust anything but fear?
She lost all hope
Life has lost meaning
Her mind is consumed with paranoid thinking
She can't go anywhere not anymore
She has no friends
No one to love
Because of you
Do you know what you did?
Do you know who she is?
Shes me dad
You broke me, dad
You broke everything
I cannot trust a soul
Why did you do this?
I thought I was your little girl
But because of you, my childhood died
I am trying to fight
To find my strength
But it's hard when you are all alone
With no place to truly call home
Because home is where the heart is
But I don't know where my heart is
Because of you
People say you couldn't hurt a fly
That's because a fly doesn't have a brain like you and I
That's why
You want something that you can puppeteer
You manipulate every person you meet
You turned me into a puppet
And when I took a life of my own
You turned everyone against me
Everyone I love
Now they are your puppets
And I am all alone
How can I move on
How can I grow up
Without anyone who loves me
I thought you loved me
I guess I was wrong

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Me and my father do not have the best relationship. I stopped seeing my dad when I was 11. I chose to leave because he was mentally abusive. He caused me a lot of pain. As a result of leaving him, I lost the rest of my family, aside from my mom and half brother. My mom and brother do love me but at the time I felt alone. Now as a 17-year-old young woman I have had the opportunity to deal with the traumas I experienced as a child. I thought it was a good idea to write a free verse poem about how I felt after I got the courage to break away from my pupeeter. Now I am free, happy and I found my own voice. So through the eyes of 11 years old me I present to you "because of you" an original poem by me. I hope you enjoy it.