I'll Be Okay Without You - Visitor's Poem

by Aryn Nantau
(Ontario, Canada )

You brought me into this world, but I entered it alone.
I don’t need your understanding, or for your love to be shown.
I’ve raised myself, I’ve grown very strong.
Yes, you will always have taught me
the difference from right and wrong.
I thank you for what you have done,
though you were never really there.
I felt it deeply in my heart, that you didn’t ever care.
The times I went through on my own,
I found in my mind a safe zone.
A place where no one would ever see, a place that only I could be.
You’ve left me alone when everything went dark,
And on my heart you forever left a mark.
If you hadn’t ever doubted me I wouldn’t be where I am.
I would never have found what’s in my heart,
or be standing where I stand.
If you never claimed me crazy or mental I wouldn’t be found,
Inside myself true acceptance all the way around.
Because of you, I’m growing up finding true peace.
And everyday no matter what I will fully seize.
There are moments that have been good, between you and me.
But when you are looking, you don’t really see.
You blame your troubles on the way that I am,
You hate me for being different and I call you a sham.
Being creative, quirky and unique, it’s all not right to you,
Your true self is weak. I am real the woman I’ll always be,
And if you don’t see my greatness, you do not see me.