Your Words

I don't speak what I feel
I feel what you speak
Your words that hurt
They make me weak.

Your ignorance and stubbornness
Make you who you are
But at the same time
They drive you afar

Away from me.
I question why, why aren't you done?
Why do you even bother?
Why do you call me your son?

I know I'm a failure
A fraud
A coward
A useless excuse, never deserving applaud.

You don't have to remind me
Yet you do
You make it your mission
and I fall to the floor because of you.

I try to get close
If I may?
I try to be positive
Yet it feels like you push me away.

I feel that you think
That you think I'm a fail
That I'm a hopeless disgrace
Everything to no avail.

I do the things I do because of you
I've suffered a lot and it hurts
But nothing compares to the hurt I feel
Because of your words.