Please don't congratulate me

For having "stopped the cycle",

'Cause that implies I put in

Efforts to not mistreat my kids.

No efforts were required,

And even though I had no

Model to emulate, it was

Always a no-brainer to me :

You don't do that to kids.                (or anyone else, for that matter)

So please, don't congratulate

Me for something that was

Never a problem to begin with.

Congratulations are for efforts,

And none were needed here.

That I did not repeat what was

Done to me is not an achievement,

It's only natural and too obvious.