Validation (from meN̶ )

I cried to my mother

Said I feel all alone

I can't concentrate on homework

I crave carving into my skin and shaving down my bones

When my voice quivers my mother's hardens

She sees my pain as her own

So desperate to want to see me

She knows my problems have returned to their forever home

And an hour later I get to talking

To these men who so badly want to take me to their room

Undress me and caress me and feed me their dinner rolls

And all the time they speak to me I feel nothing but ashamed

I thought I wanted validation

But I just wanted validation from me

Written:  October 18 2023