Because: Control

Another man objected

He himself dismissed

Repressing his pain

He could not get in touch with his emotions

Their threatening attitude was deep

Nightmarish

Malignant and married

Her condition would fight this thing

He needed me to depend on him

Because: Control

Enough to block her progress

Dependence was actually fear becoming strong

Independence? no idea how to.

I knew to be incomplete

Seemed a means of getting

This blackout poetry was made from the book Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can by Caroline Myss, page 33.