When is it enough?

Every day

You say it’s

My way or

Nothing.

Every day I

Give in to

Your pleas

Even though

They only

Hurt me.

Every day

I have no

Limits on

what I will

Do for you.

Every day

You follow

Me like a

Lost puppy

And yet I’m

The one who

Is swimming

In your shadow

When will I

Stop being a

Slave to you?

When will I

Have enough

Strength to say

What needs to

Be said to you?

When will

Enough

Be enough?

When will I

Be able to

Sit at the

Lunch table

Without being

Afraid of you?

When will I

Be able to stop

Living in fear

Of you and

Your name?

When will I

Be able to fight

For my identity

Even though

My identity

Isn’t much?

It’s been

destroyed

By your

Choices that

You made for

Me even when

I didn’t want it.

When will

Enough

Be enough?