Write Off
you wrote my life off
but you have no idea
how i rose above my fears
and a parent,
who let me down
who made me shed tears
in which i nearly drowned
you really have no idea
you have called me names
using words
that the inside,
how with you,
something beautiful has died
the lack of warmth in your heart
the way you tore me apart
i have made my mistakes
gone freewheeling,
when i should have applied the breaks
but i will not be written off by you
someone who is clinging on
and has nothing better to do
a lifetime of excitement already gone
is scared of the new
you claim i have this awful life
yet you have never been a part
when i was nineteen,
and tried to involve you
you did not want to know
now you write me
with your one person show
James Garratt – December 2009
Write Off
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 