"It's not my fault."
You claim
"I didn't mean to."

Poisonous words
seep into my system,
draining me.

I am dripping
in this feeling
of guilt.
If not with you,
then the blame
Must
Lay
With
Me.

It's my fault,
my fault, my fault
echoing through my mind.

So, I spend years
perfecting myself,
blaming myself.

All the while,
excusing
YOU
and
YOUR
behavior,
Watching YOU

destroy everything
I
build
up.

I try, I try
fixing the unfixable
until I too
am broken.

And the wind
around me
whispers,
"Your fault, your fault.
YOUR Fault."

- Hannah Jo, 2009

Labels: broken, relationships, Your Fault