Recycling

You are not garbage
We trashed our relationship
But I’m not going to throw you away

We were grown in a vat of
Shitty culture soup
Instead of our Grandma’s kitchen
Our parents had reasons for that

Their need to run away was valid
Skillsets inadequate
to navigate the old and new worlds
simultaneously

Being untethered
Raised us untethered
Free to NOT make the mistakes of our ancestors
While not being free to discuss them
So we do not know what they are

Be gentle with yourself
If we stop lashing out
We lose the fear
Of being thrown away.