I am blamed,
I am punished.
I swallow your fist of thorns.
Your black hatred suffocates me,
it threatens my existence.
You pawn off your sins to my tired spirit.
You use me as the doormat on the step between
your life and your false reality,
and all of your unseen lies
and soul blemishes
and smudged into my demeanor.
How can I hide my co-dependency
when it is spoken to my face?