This “father figure”, I have in my life is abusive. Sometimes physically, but mostly emotionally. He verbally abuses me every day. He goes out of his way to make my life miserable. He lies to my mom and tells her I do all these horrible things, luckily my mom just ignores him. But see that’s the thing. She ignores everything. My dad literally yells at me and calls me a b****, s***, hore, worthless and she just ignores it. He beats me down and she stands there just staring at us. As if her eyes will somehow stop her husband (the most important person in her life) from abusing her daughter. I wish I could hit him back. I wish I could scream and make him feel exactly how he makes me feel. But no. Instead I stand there and I take in the words and the hurt and I bury it deep down inside. Until it comes out in sadness. I want this to end.

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