Finally Free Poem by faith toney

a motion so common to others
take the pain so others don’t
I did that for so long
I dug the hole deeper and deeper with every fight
all the meaningful word stabbing my flesh
my grave was made for my body to fall into
until they gave into it all
I put myself first instead of those others
they had no control they had no say
I was me and the pain was enough to go around
I spoke the hidden truths and told the uncover lies
I was not going to be stuck in the middle anymore
it wasn’t fair for me to have to decide
so I put myself first and I lived past it
it was my fault and their faults too
I pushed them away out of fear and they in return pushed back
I was released and labeled and a monster
for in there eyes I had betrayed them all
when I was finally making sense of my life