Parentified
these toxic toddlers that parentified their own children groom them into co-dependence can kill
my mom was a toxic toddler
my grandmother was a toxic toddler
my dad helped parent my grandmother then left for the war then married a version of her
he died of lung cancer at 40
my mom said who will take care of me
no how will I care for him, and these children
for me in my life
the siblings and the mom-child hated me the youngest when under professional advice I left home at 14 and didn’t look back. “Were you parentified as a child and, therefore, made to feel bad or guilty for thinking about and taking care of yourself?” — Dr. Tara J. Palmatier, PsyD
An adult. I had been one for years trembling with anxiety, an orphan who wasn’t even taught how to groom himself.
I was destined to be my Uncle Charlie who lived with his Mom his whole life in an alcoholic haze
caring for the toxic toddler
go
and don’t look back
“May It Be”
(from “The Lord Of The Rings” soundtrack)
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home
Mornië utúlië (Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
May it be the shadow’s call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
Mornië utúlië (Darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornië alantië (Darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now
A promise lives within you now
