Life’s Little Misdirections 🥀🦋

Broken But Beautiful

This burden of what I am,
its complex scenarios, complicated by
assumption, how I should behave
with your disdain or indifference
for sharing drama,
the day to day when reaching out
for understanding,
only to be shunned further, again.

Want to feel whole, normal, but might not
ever get there with something lacking
in my DNA. I'll always be missing
that certain something you take for granted
that I try to patch
with any love or assurance just to sustain.

You are not strong enough for two --
unbound, not my glue.

And those who struggle (like me) don't realize,
we topple all of you --
those (around) who don't get out of the way.
Not strong enough to bolster us or
lift us back up.

So, we (I) burden our (my) responsibility
by not declaring in anthems all this pain --
be strong for ourselves, insulate
from the rest, until we're no longer
holding back sagging walls before collapse.

Perfectly normal feelings, is what they (you) say.
WE can 'relate'. Yet, it takes ALL of you
for just one (like me) to get through this life,
or make a day a little brighter --
sacrifice, instead of hoarding all the love.


6.30.21
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