Rescue Me Poem by Madison Riffle

Clinging to him instead of my self-worth
because if he isn't there, I'm all alone.
So I slowly sell my soul
for bits of approval that
will never be enough.
By the time I meet the one,
I'll be stuck within -
within my net of self-hate.
This place where I
am worth less than lowest bid.
But I won't give him up,
if only because I don't want
to ever be alone.
Why would I rather be tiny and sad,
than alone and independent?
Why am I bound in these chains
so tight I can't break free?
Someone, someone please!
Rescue Me!