Thanks; No Thanks! (a poem)

Thanks for giving him life,

Thanks for pretending you were in his life.

Thanks for providing for him,

Thanks for not providing anything.

Thanks for the love and the hugs,

Thanks for being absent.

Thanks for your kindness,

        Thanks for the insults and hurtfulness.

Thanks for being a family and a friend,

Thanks for being a nobody.

Thanks for being there every step of the way,

Thanks for vanishing.

Thanks for the memories,

        Thanks for the nightmares.

Thanks for risking your life,

Thanks for your selfishness.

Thanks for being so forgiving,

Thanks for not giving anything.

Thanks for teaching him about life,

        Thanks for teaching him not to be you.

Thanks God for having you in his life,

        Thanks heavens for having a life without you.

Thanks for everything,

Thanks for nothing.

Thanks for reading; may you be surrounded by those that love you and empty of those that don’t.

Armin