"I remember crying in my mothers arms
she stroked my hair
and looked at me with concern
shh it's okay honey
she whispered softly into my ear
she treated me with such compassion
it made me realize I never got this from you
you should've comforted me
instead of saying I was 'too much'
when I was on the verge of tears

you couldn't handle it
you couldn't accept my emotions
and it made me lock them away
this is how I learned
that my hurt wasn't valid
being with you taught me
never to confide in anyone
now I re-taught myself
the only thing you ever did
was make me feel weak,"

[to the one person who taught me a false lesson, who made me have to relearn]

(btw this poem is my first not rhyming poem yay!)