Status: one shot.
Turn On Me
Julia Halvorsen | Kennedy Brock
You can fake it for a while, bite your tongue and smile.
Like every mother does an ugly child.
But the stars are leaking out, like spittle from a cloud.
Amassed resentment pelting ounce and pound.
And the tears will never mend,
'Cause you had it in for me so long ago.
If you'd only seen yourself hating me.
When I've been so much more than fair,
But then you'd have to lay those feelings bare.
You can fake it for a while, bite your tongue and smile.
Like every mother does an ugly child.
But the stars are leaking out, like spittle from a cloud.
Amassed resentment pelting ounce and pound.
And the tears will never mend,
'Cause you had it in for me so long ago.
If you'd only seen yourself hating me.
When I've been so much more than fair,
But then you'd have to lay those feelings bare.
for this contest.
word count: 3,145
"Sometimes it’s easier to be mad at the people you trust. You know they’ll always love you, no matter what."