Turning Heads

All I see,

Turning heads.

I can’t believe

You want me dead.

I spoke the truth

And you spoke lies

I still feel

The tears in my eyes

When my mother cried

And my father screamed

You said

You’d stand up for me

You said

You’d protect me

From who hurt me

But it was you who caused the hurt.

Now they whisper

And they tell more lies

Say I’m insane for leaving you.

Say I lied and left

Say I ruined your

Pitiful little life.

Adalia Kruk

VT

15 years old

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