. . . . . . . . . ** Thank you for     your incredibly screwed up priorities            [anything but integrity first] never being there except         for my shining moments             [trying to take credit] the abuse and the fighting and the tears         [making me think it was normal] giving me a twisted sense of reality         [isn't everybody like this?] I'm surprised when men         actually treat their partners with respect             [she's your friend, too?] taking away my self-confidence         [muted voices and silent tears] giving me a cycle of abuse         to carry on to the future i've stopped asking why         [ceased trying to understand] you took your own problems         and made them mine who gave you the right? this is one rift         that can never be mended.   &* . . . / . . . . /