It's Always My Fault

You scream at me as though I'm the one to blame for the unhappy mess you call your life
It was your choice to get knocked up before finishing high school so please don't punish me for it
The cuts and bruises on my face and body are proof that I'm as unhappy as you are
But all you choose to see are the things I'm doing to ruin your life

Grabbing my hair you pull me down the hall to the bathroom
You turn on the water all the way to hot and tell me to stick my face in it
I shake my head and begin to cry; for this i receive a smart slap across my face and hard hand on my back pushing my now swollen face to the scalding water
Fear overtakes me and i begin to shake violently sobbing all the while
Burning hot water caresses my face and neck while i scream in agony
You begin to laugh so heartlessly i don't know which is my worst enemy anymore
"Mom, stop!" i hear myself scream; there's nothing else i can do
Abruptly I'm yanked from the flaming liquid and my head is thrown back once again
"I'm not your mother" you whispers in a voice so deadly i almost wish you'd screamed at me again
You throw me against the tub and my head hits the side
Blood starts to come as you stand up and leave the room.