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Ciara Rodriguez<br />
Hey mom, Hey dad<br />
You were always yelling and screaming you were always fighting<br />
Your words were like knives constantly slicing me with every word<br />
that was spoken<br />
I wanted to scream until I ran out of breath<br />
Hoping you’d shut up and stop fighting about whose fault it is<br />
Your fighting left me alone<br />
Your fighting took everything from me<br />
Your fighting made me realize my life was a lie<br />
Your fighting made the days and nights so silent you could hear my crying<br />
from a mile away<br />
This wasn’t my fault you told me repeatedly<br />
I knew it wasn’t, it was yours<br />
You weren’t happy but you didn’t have the courage to leave<br />
You stayed for me, to preserve my happiness but you ruined it by staying<br />
By staying you made my world collapse and the ruins swallowed me<br />
I wanted to ask when did you lose your happiness<br />
I wanted to ask when did you realize your marriage is a sham<br />
I wanted to ask did you resent me because I’m a reminder of the pain he caused<br />
I wanted to ask do you still love me<br />
But I knew the answer<br />
You loved me like people love having a rock in their shoe<br />
A rock that’s constantly stabbing you with every step that was taken<br />
You loved me like a dog loves a cat<br />
A dog that barks at a cat just for walking past them<br />
You never loved me because I’m a reminder of what could’ve been<br />
You could’ve been happy with someone else but instead, you had me<br />
Me. A child you used to save your marriage<br />
A child that didn’t save your marriage A child that you resented because she<br />
couldn’t save your sinking ship of a marriage<br />
110 WINDWARD REVIEW | Vol. 18
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