The Bitter Legacy

[UnclippedWings]

Just written this one... abuse does not stop when the abuse stops because it leaves a legacy which we have to deal with for years down the line... I guess tonight I am counting my cost...

The Bitter Legacy

Endless nights of broken sleep
Endless years your criminal secret to keep
I have healed so much, healed over years
Still your mark is upon me, your bitter legacy reappears
I have dealt with so... many memories, I have come so far
Yet in those small silent hours of the night, in my head there you are
I have written so many words about your crime
I have nothing to do with your life, so why do you still come to haunt mine
I can never wash away what you did; no one can make me un-abused
Nothing could have made me win in your game, I’m winning now and yet still somehow I feel like from time to time you are winning and I still lose
I am doing all I can in this battle for survivors just like me
I am doing all I can to rid myself of your bitter legacy
Right now it feels like you are holding the deck of cards, the ace in the pack
But I am moving ever forwards and further away from you and one day please God, I won’t even bother to look back.

[there]

the poem is a truth.
I really like its title...'The Bitter Legacy'.
It's satisfying to read this poem.
I'm glad you are so strong and have hope at the end of it.