Standing alone in a corner, finding the punishment justified Needing to feel their disappointment, to let me know I am alive Because I have learned negative attention is better than silence At the dinner table. An unstable fuel that always came through to Let me know I have failed. I am feeling unsatisfied and afraid; Will I find safety in these lonely days? Looking back I find Cracking foundations where childhood memories rest and when That angry voice strikes my ear I will finally be put to the Test. Do I need the fire to keep me going or can I do it on My own? Now I have shown a tear, reality is near a place I call Home. Is there strength to be found in memories left behind? Times have changed I found me to blame and wounds will heal With time. Let the past go