14) Disowned

In order to “be done” with me, you must first have been with me.

You never asked me what love and affection looked like to me.

You never cared to show me what is possible for me.

You may be done with the part of you that loved or felt responsible for me.

A part of you you watered solely within your comfort zone,

only within your convenience. This was not enough for me.

I am done with the part of me that was sold to making you proud. To hoping you could understand. to needing you to see.

I now recognize that your understanding may come or it may not, and that my expectation of you to understand is unrealistic.

I still hope that you try.

I accept who I am, even though you didn’t.

Kris NajemApril 4, 2019