Opinion-less me, feelings repressed for years under family,
My ex’s threw emotional rocks at me, bashing my opinions into the empty space of nothingness,
Family said I’ll be good with the cheap, while my brother got round on the dada pants squeak,
My opinions shut down, not a well fitting jacket, no not for me, need some room for a jumper to get in there too,
My opinion of Milo didn’t stick long, brother hid it in the back of the cupboard so he could scoff the lot.
Same with the snacks and Easter eggs too,
My options taken away, buried, like my dead fish that got flushed down the loo,
My mouth got silenced as the years went on, was suddenly my best friends new third wheel,
Then came my ex’s, who squashed and re-broke, little by little the more that I spoke,
Talking in facts, things black and white, nothing personal, just a personal internal fight,
Why am I so cold and blunt,
Broken, shunted n not good enough…

Then came today, as I reached in the emotional black hole,
Scooped down deep while I silenced my sheep,
My opinion matters, and my so do theirs,
I’m shutting them down, no thoughts to spare,

So here I declare, with no shaking of my heart, from this day forward I will not depart, from the promise of opinion will forever be kept in my heart