i don’t owe family my soul

 “drastically changing.

thank you for all your patience.

i’m just in a different space now 

and i choose to embrace it.”


some of y’all think blood makes you holy,

like manipulation wrapped in tradition still counts as love.

but i’ve seen behind the curtain.

and all i found were control tactics disguised as culture,

guilt parading as care.


i don’t owe anyone my peace just because we share a name.

i don’t have to smile at hands that only reach to pull me back.

love without freedom isn’t love.

it’s fear in a costume.


so no,

i’m not bitter.

i’m clear.

and clarity comes with casualties.


i love who i choose.

i protect who protects me.

and i’ll build my family from energy, not obligation.


this is the break.

this is the blast.

this is where the bloodline ends 

and the legacy begins.


Makaveli out.


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