Screw You
You Were Supposed To Be My Safe Place
I'm the one you want
when there's no one else around
The kind that you call friend
until someone else you know, is found
Pretty good at conversation
as you keep looking over my shoulder
I should have learned my place and station
to known my place when I got older
I get invited to the party
stuck in the corner by myself
The weird one in the family
without a picture on the shelf
Don't have an answer to the question
exactly what it is I did
And if you want a true confession
I've been odd man out, since we were kids
I find myself saying, I'm sorry
when things begin to feel uncomfortable
I'm always the first one to get worried
don't want to be seen as, insufferable
I don't know where these feelings came from
and these days, I feel pissed off
Why do I need your affirmation
or care if or when you brush me off
I'm tired of being your understudy
feeling like I'm always in the way
mumbling under my breath, "just f me"
but those are the things I cannot say
About the Creator
Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
Telling stories my heart needs to tell <3 life is a journey, not a competition
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Comments (9)
Such annoying. A very relatable poem.
Yep, hated it then, really hate it now
I had to read this when I saw the title. I caught sibling rivalry vibes. We’ve all been there feeling like we’re not the golden child
I relate to your story. I was the wild one, the creative one, then the scapegoat, then whatever the bullies in my family said I was. I am a woman not their steppingstone or scapegoat. Your story is realistic and truthful.
A-ha, I can totally relate, often the oddball out in the family, growing up, & in school. Yes, yes, "Screw You" sounds delightful. I love it, Kelli!!!
I like it 😊 to read and it does feel like relief to what's going on around with all these who we simply need send into your poem 😆 to read the title especially
Got the black sheep blues Kelli?
Stay out of my head! 😉
Yes, screw them! Love this poem. Powerful