“Why do you avoid me?”
Because you scare me.
“Why do I anger you?”
Because I fear you.
“Have I not done enough?!”
I am never good enough
That’s how you made me feel
“Don’t you care how I feel?!”
No, not anymore
And never will, anymore
“I’m trying to change”
I too, tried to change
But, did you know?
No, you don’t, no
How I feel stupid
Because of your words
How I feel weak
Because of your actions
Only when I had a twisted goal
And was ever so close
To meet my true Goddess
Were you alarmed and reflect
Or… Was it all an act
For your conscience and social face
Now, you say,
“You are good enough”
“I love you”
Well, forgive me,
I say
With dripping sarcasm
Mother
But, believe you,
I will not.
I shall not.
I cannot.
For you have planted eternally
The seed of the faith
That
I am never good enough
Not for you
But now, I have learnt
To live with that
I found others
Who, for, I rather be
Good Enough
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