– pawn –

I am wild, I scream

Baring my teeth

To the unsuspecting trespassers

Turning against the well-meant kindness

The innocent mothering

Making my stomach roil with repulsion

I cannot be controlled

Forced, or willed to be

A fucking thing I am not

As soon as you all stop trying

The sooner you learn

The better off your souls will fare

I am not a chess piece

I am not yours, at all

I am my own.

Only my own.