Breaking the Cycle

Breaking the cycle honestly can't be that hard, can it?

Parents tell us as kids that their family treated them like shit,

As we get older, they go into more detail of how they were abused and neglected themselves.

The thing is, they treat their children the same way.

They turn around and say well, it could of been worse, our parents treated us worse then we treat you.

Like it's some sort of competetion.

Like I should be greatful that it isn't that bad.

There is a understanding that this is the only behaviour you know,

But you also lived this life before,

With the understanding that this behaviour is aweful.

So, jusitifying it as, it's not as bad as what you got doesn't make you any better then your own parents,

You ended up turning out just like them,

The difference is that I understand this behaviour and I would never do to someone what you did to me.