Eviction Notice

"Turtle"

After being broken many times,
I have learned to mend,
and now?
I'm unbreakable.

They whisper while I'm there,
like trying not to disturb,
the animal that resides,
in mental chains.

"We're family, we do everything we can for each other."
They say, as they borrow yet another sum from me
to feed themselves
and take the credit for everyone else.
This is not what family does.

They say blood is thicker than water
but never once,
has blood sustained me.
Never once,
have they.

They sort out my accounts when they need be,
so that they can use what they need...
Take from me what they don't.
This is not my home.

No.


I will put my foot down,
with what little strength I have.
Speak, even when my throat is raw.
Reason, with little resolve I gather.

I am fatigued,
but at least I'm not defeated...

Yes.

I will leave this place,
this place of false hope,
this place of false dreams,
this place of false love.

I am my own home,
I harbor my heart,
my soul,
my will to live,
not in this decrepit place...
but my own body.

So with mind and heart
with what little I still have,
I will leave
My home is formidable.
It's taken on everything,
and I'll be damned...

If it can't take on this.

I am unbreakable,
because I know what broken means.