Life Sentence

I loved when I open my thighs
where you drop your seed

I took the shame
when you said it wasn’t yours

I took your abuse
when you went around calling
me a whore

I withstood the looks
even heard their laughter

I withstood the scorn
from my own kind

I still felt love even
after you took up with another


I felt it move
when I was seating in school

I felt the pain
even called out your name


I felt the shame
when he wouldn’t have your name

I felt Tried,

Sad,

Lost,

Pity,

Hatred,

Bitterness,

while I held my Life Sentence.


He has your face, your smile

I wanted to hate him

Because he was not you

When he opens his eyes
his eyes are mine

I felt my Life sentence revoke
For in this child I felt the love
you were not man enough to give.