what is this
what are you doing?
you seriously think you can
keep us apart?
there is nothing you can do
short of complete
and total
lockdown
that can keep us from speaking
the words written for us

i am not the one
who practically force fed your daughter
nothing but soup and vegetable juice
for a month of her life

i am not the one
who force fed your daughter
these ideas that she’s not good enough for you

i am not the one
who is force feeding your daughter
religion
a religion that doesn’t accept her
nonetheless

i am not the one
who force fed your daughter
alcohol
this was her own choosing
this was not my fault

i did not
pick up the razor blade
and make eighty lashes on her arms and thighs

i did not even
touch your daughter
once

i am not the one
who turned your daughter
into a lesbian

and i am not the one
who tells her
that being a lesbian
isn’t okay

how can you place all of this blame on me
how can you think that this is my fault
how can you not see that you are abusing her
how can you be so blind