"you were your mother's emotional tampon"

a boy.
with ne'er a chance to be a child.
you were her blood cloth
to soak up her impurities and insecurities.
and you were cheated
your daily ration of love.
in your words,
as a child in a child's body,
"escaped."
but you are still stained-
tainted.
putrid wounds severed with hate
and dressed with bitterness
consume the air with their filthy biting aroma.
you are still all of an abused child
in the body of a full grown man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S3OZzsiZoI