Dear Mom & Dad

Dad,

I hate you for the neglect you made me feel 

I hate your for making me feel unwanted

I hate you for always providing for me while you withered away

I hate you for causing my mother so much pain 

I hate you for uprooting me from my ancestral land

I hate you for giving your employees more time and attention than my childhood

I hate you for making me feel vulnerable as a girl and for making me fight for myself 

I hate you for passing down your good taste and high standards

I hate you for making me grow into the women I am today

I hate you for always helping me when I ask for help

I hate you for not being able to tell me how you feel and not teaching me how to better read men

I hate you for the pain and insecurities you made my brother feel

I hate you for the way you disrespect women and abuse their position in society to use your power over them

I hate that you come from a family of lowlife wolves.

Mom,

I hate that you didn’t see your true potential till much later in life

I hate that you made me develop an unequal idea of relationships 

I hate that you became a subservient wife to my father

I hate that you planted seeds of greatness in my head without methodical practices to cultivate them. 

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We have all felt undesirable thoughts about our parents at one point. I chose to express mine openly as part of my healing process. May you find the peace to forgive yours as I have.