My landlord came around today
With all the glory of a conman
Swelteringly struttin’, shamblin’ gait
Until goin’ through the roof to squeeze
The hell out of him
He didn’t stop by to converse with me
He just came around to see
My room
To judge it by appearance
He didn’t have the time to visit it for four years
That’s enough time to swear
Comin’ up with false evidence, sowin’ a seed of hate
Spittin’ in my face
Shoutin’, sneerin’, scornin’
With all his tenants givin’ a report
That I’m the cause
Of their leavin’
Creatin’ somethin’ in my head
A drawer for all the lies he had said
Never worryin’ about the consequences
Never worryin’ about talking to others
About me whilst I could hear
To dig his dagger deeper, like the other people did
Family, friends, lovers I never had
Just the poor imitation of all of them
Paintin' a picture of true despair
Happenin’ to me right here, right now
Although I’m finally leavin’, yet with major scars
All over my body
Which you cannot see, they’re invisible, so nobody knows
About this violence executed on my soul
How could this have happened?
I’ve seen it all time long, but my mouth was closed
Bein’ alone against animals
Accused that I’m the one to blame
But I have done nothin’ wrong
An artist without a voice, is it still art?
I think it’s better than creatin’ somethin’ of no value
The arabesque of the abusers’ abilities
Which will be judged anyway
From above
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14 June 2021
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