Watching You Abuse Me

• Joel Robinson, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2017

Watching you,
Watching you abuse me. Sad eyes,
Asking why. What have I done? I have just been loyal to you. You take me for granted.
You treat me like a dog. But you don’t care
This chain wrapped roughly around my neck,
I just want love...
I want to say please, all I want is for you to love me! But I can't defend myself,
It stings, it hurts, and I let out a cry,
It just makes you smile.
I've become attached, but you can’t see that,
What are you doing? Put me down, please!
Did he ever love me…?
He left, nowhere to be seen, he was gone, never to be seen again,
He. Left. Me.
Why did he leave me?
We shouldn’t just lay down, we should defended ourselves.