and I am free;

               it was a burden to be put down
               never will see eye to eye
               generational gap? maybe,
               informational fuckery? oh yes -

               the instance in which a friend
               is not a friend, and controls
               your friend is sometimes called
               peer pressure, while others
               call it bullying; and I am not
               a teacher, but you were not a
               leader, but a follower -

               I missed the aspect of a family,
               not the daily anxiety
               or the treading of eggshells
               but it can be imitated,
               it can be duplicated -

               I do not miss you,
               She does not miss him
               we are queens without you
               and we are, unequivocally
               better off without you

       and I am free -