Why Do I Love You?

You gave me life.
You fed me your blood
and carried me inside you.
You said you would protect me.
You said you would love me.

I know this world is cruel,
but it is nothing compared
to the cruelty of you.
All the abuse,
all the lies.

And yet I cling to you.
You say you hate me,
you look at me with disgust.
For simply breathing
I must pay.

What I did to earn this hate,
I do not know.
Who made you so cruel,
I can only guess.
You toss me aside so easily.

I break my back to be
the daughter you want.
No matter how I twist
to fit into your prefect world
it's never good enough.

How can I love you so?
How can I cling to you
when you push me away?
Why do still try?
Why do I put my heart on the line?

How can I still cry
when you call me
and say
I never should have been born?
Why can't I leave?

Because you are my mother.

You gave me life.
You fed me your blood.
You carried me inside you.
You haven't protected me.
You don't love me.

But I still love you.