Martyr

Teacher, teacher
Father, father
Preacher, preacher
Mother, mother
Why must I be your example?
Cut me open
Take a sample
Show it to the little ones
Then throw it out when you are done

My life is a text for you
Read the pages torn by time
You seek elusive answers
I’ve committed no crime

Teacher, teacher
Sister, sister
Preacher, preacher
Brother, brother
I won’t be your goddamn martyr
Not some pawn
I’m fucking smarter
Than you make me out to be
Your ignorance won’t make me bleed

My life is a text for you
Read the pages torn by time
You seek elusive answers
I’ve committed no crime

Martyr by Joshua Alan Blodgett is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at verboseprose86.blogspot.com.