Micheal Douglass

Cardboard boxes
Stacked outside
It wasn't like
I loved this place
The noise, the neighbors
But dear old dad
Fixed the AC
So we pack up
And leave

Not the first time
It won't be the last
As the boys in front smash
Their girlfriends on the
Paper-thin walls
During my awakening

But here we are again
Moving day
I wish I could say
I'd miss this place
But the walls creaked
And it never was a home

My posters are my only friend
Even if they're Minecraft men
They offer the comfort they can
While mom and dad
Face off in our kitchen
Arguing about my life
Who I am and what is right

And suddenly I'm out the door
I can't take it anymore
Because my mother dressed me up
In bows and skirts and ruff

How is this my life
Maybe it's just teenage strife

But my chest is heavy as a rock
And I don't really want to talk

Laugh if you want
That's what I do too
Playing games and making fun
Of things I think are brilliant
Because what am I
If not loved?