Silence is my Freedom

The loudest thing I never said

Photo by Le Minh Phuong on Unsplash

I asked you for your time
You saw me trying for your attention
my greatest wish was connection with you
I loved and poured myself out

You took and trod on my gifts
I hurt and hoped you could see me
my longing unmet

I poured compassion on your wounds
empathy to bandage your frailties
my energy spent caring for you
kept me from seeing my needs

I forgave, wiping away your transgressions
I believed you would finally see
my love was strong enough to show the way

I didn’t know you would only take
and your giving was to maintain the system
But I waited and believed beyond limits
I hurt, cried and struggled

a solitary and desolate landscape, full of harshness
still I pleaded
it seemed you never heard me

I cared for you too much, for too long
Neglect could have been matched with excuses
but you never ceased your onslaught against me