Long past the point in time to be the bigger man <\/p>\n\n\n\n
so far over worrying about how someone else might feel <\/p>\n\n\n\n
done with the dismissal and devaluation <\/p>\n\n\n\n
not backing down this time just to clear the air <\/p>\n\n\n\n
no longer taking any responsibility <\/p>\n\n\n\n
for how someone else might feel or act or be <\/p>\n\n\n\n
stepping out from under decades <\/p>\n\n\n\n
of being treated like I\u2019m just the child <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ignorant and barely wanted <\/p>\n\n\n\n
always lying, always wrong <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m done with backing down, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
seen but not heard I believe they say <\/p>\n\n\n\n
well sorry but I won\u2019t apologize for speaking up\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
when I\u2019ve been trapped for most my life <\/p>\n\n\n\n
under the weight of the lack of self-esteem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
crushed by all the mocking and the threats and bluster <\/p>\n\n\n\n
and no you can\u2019t just walk right in and make me take it back to fix it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
when it\u2019s been broken for almost forever <\/p>\n\n\n\n
and now suddenly someone else is cut <\/p>\n\n\n\n
by the jagged edges they themselves created<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"