Mom, you failed me

I failed you, then I changed.

You failed me, then did the same.

We’ve had talks on talks—still, nothing changed.

You say you love me, then turn around and backstab me.

I try my best just to clear up my day,

Then you come through, and you make it rain.

You make me feel unheard, like I’m not enough,

But I try so hard for you, I lost myself in the dust.

How’s the family gonna change,

If you won’t change yourself?

You chose him over peace—

Put my pain up on a shelf.

I warned you ’bout that man,

Told you how he made me feel.

I fought him with my own hands,

But still, you let him heal.

You say “he’s changed,” like that rewrites the past,

But the scars still burn, and your loyalty don’t last.

I am your child, your flesh, your blood—

But you stand by a man I had to drag through the mud.

You watched me cry, then wiped his tears.

How do you sleep with all those years?

Of silence, guilt, and empty tries—

While I stitched up truth and you fed me lies.

I don’t even recognize your love no more,

It feels forced—fake smiles, closed doors.

You say the words, but they don’t feel right,

Love ain’t supposed to hurt every night.

You hug me, but your arms feel cold,

Like you holding a version of me that’s old.

The little girl who begged for your grace,

But now she grown, and tired of the chase.

You call it love when you lie in my face,

When you pick him over me—like that ain’t outta place.

You say you care, but it’s hollow and thin,

If love’s what you’re giving, why does it hurt so much?

I needed comfort, I got confusion.

Needed safety, but felt intrusion.

I stopped reaching, I stopped the calls—

’Cause loving you feels like breaking my own walls.