Kate Warner - Tears

'Why are you so ugly? '

My sister said to me once

'I don't bloody know'

I said in a quick response

I turned away to hide my tears

She called me a baby

And told me I had been for years



'You're a worthless nothing'

My mother said to me

'You're never going to achieve'

'You're never gonna be like me'

I turned away to hide my tears

She called me a baby

And told me I had been for years



'You've failed, you've failed, you've failed again'

'When are you gonna get it'

'Into your thick head? '

That is what my teachers said

I turned away to hide my tears

They called me a baby

And told me I would be for years



I'm not so ugly now

I'm not a worthless nothing

I've achieved all my goals

I've finally become something

But still I turn to hide my tears

Because all of this I've suffered

Will haunt me for years.

Kate Warner

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