Boundaries (acrostic)

I've always found acrostic to be an underrated difficult form to write well, because you must have the title connect to the poem itself and the poem has to flow well basically without punctuation. I feel like you did well here on both accounts.

Boundaries could refer is a multitude of different things and as a person/reader learning them through therapy it always interests me when someone writes about them. So personally the title drew me in to read more.

This poem as a whole is a powerful one because I see it being written through two perspectives. The first thing is tat you could be voicing the narrator and speaking to the abuser themselves or you could be speaking to yourself as an inner monologue. I'm going to speak from the ladder point of view.

You are trying to learn the boundaries you want for yourself and to give to other people. Only you are able to see the person as dangerous because you saw it for your sera nd now that you are seemingly healing, you are wanting to protect yourself the best you can. You feel isolated and lost because of this.

You have allowed yourself to get hurt many times in the past and you need to learn to be cautious about letting people into your life, because you have been lied to so many times before. You have emotionally reached a boiling point.

I loved the poem and story as a whole. I thought it personally flowed well without punctuation. I wouldn't change anything about it.

I loved itt

well aware of being ourselves :)