I hate how my memories of you
Are still voracious in my mind
Your anger never subdued
No matter how I tried
I hate the way I needed you
Because my needs were hardly ever met
Only to have you drift away from me
No matter how I tried
I hate the way you lionize yourself
To this day you will never see
Just how trivial your words really are
I no longer need to try
I hate your self pity
And your refusal to take responsibility
For what you did wrong
I no longer need to try
You didn’t teach me how to live
Or how to value myself and others
What I learned from you was pain
But how to exploit it, not live with it
I no longer need to live that way