Why can’t you feel what I feel…

A Poem by PaulAnka

A parent who unintentionally ignores and disregards their pain.

If I got hit by a train would you just tell me to walk it off?
Would you tell me I need to just stop being so soft?
Since now it’s my fault because my life became too loft
If I had a pneumonia would you say I just have a cough?
Will you tell me to grow up and just be more tough?
Would you tell me that the aching would just wear off?
Look at me with careless, condescending eyes and scoff
And tell me I need to stop whining and be a big girl
So I should stop acting like it’s the end of the world?
Are my feelings just your plaything to twirl?
So my emotions and thoughts are now in a swirl
As you saw me being more “dramatic” would you be more emphatic?
And even have some new comments hurled; to help make me feel even more pathetic
Instead of being even an ounce empathetic
You told me I give you a headache and to stop being so sick
So, now my life is filled with apathy and I’m just lethargic
Since for you; my feeling were just way too hectic
When you told me that you still wanted to help
Did you even care or think about how I felt?
Were you proud of yourself for not using a belt?
Did you think if there was no punishment dealt
That all these negative emotions would melt?
Or did you just want me back to my old self?
So you made sure to put my feelings on a shelf?

© 2025 PaulAnka

Author's Note

Please give advice on grammar, structure, and development.

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Grace

i really like the message of the poem and it is something i deeply can relate too. (yay me) I think what you could work on is the length of the verses. Some are very long while others are short. i'd try to get it more uniformed if possible.

In the line "Since for you, my feeling were to hectic" it would be my feelings.

Overall I really like the poem in it's directness and also the heavy use of questions.