“I Spoke up, and it Was Horrible” — Poem №27
A Therapeutic Poetry Series
So you spoke up
And got ignored
Or they got bored
Now you regret
Showing your heart, you won’t forget
This
Being dismissed
Like you don’t exist
So now you’re pissed
What gives?
The child within
Tantrum
The bin
The trash
Is where you thrash
Your feelings wrath
They have no place
They get no space
Inside your life
How could you think they actually cared?
It’s not a friend, your teeth are bared
Issue at hand, complex and layered
Be patient, wait
Speak louder
Hate
Unfair to those Who misunderstand
Might I propose you don’t reprimand
Your friends who accidentally trigger
Wounds within you, may love be bigger
Than alternatives
May we forgive
And find ways to live
In trust
To assume the best, and to be just
Humans? Flawed.
Shouldn’t all be outlawed
Normalize second chances
Relationships are like dances
Truth is there’s no advances
When we cannot let go
Each connection, a chance to grow
Yes there’s an ebb but there’s also flow
To Show us things we didn’t know
I’m grateful for conflict, For misunderstandings
for clarification without reprimanding
I’m grateful for times we do not feel aligned
Intentionality, the salve for the blind
