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Hurt Feelings

It's more than just the feeling of hurt.

When you say that you are sorry,

You hurt my feelings.

The picture really isn't in focus for you.

That feeling that was hurt,

It was that unconditional love I could feel,

While I hated myself.

It was the confidence that someone

Saw the beauty in myself,

While I tore myself down.

It was the push to keep going,

Everytime I wanted to fall.

It was the ability to become something,

Because even though I didn't think so,

I had someone who did.

It was the person who had my back,

That turned away.

It was the silence,

While I learned just how little,

I meant, our friendship.

It was the lack of effort for someone,

To prove your worth something.

It was finally finding out,

Already broken, shattered.

What alone truly felt like.

Watching all the pain I have been dealing with.

And knowingly add to it.

It's realizing that you have nothing,

Left to give, or take.

That words are just words,

That actions are so much more.

That no one has proven anything.

My feelings you hurt.

Was the last solid thing standing,

Crumbling.

I proved to myself to stand up,

By myself for once.

I looked at myself though,

And could still see why I would never be a first choice.

After all the years you watched my mind

Consume me, take away reality

With a self hatred that would make me sick.

It somewhat brought it all back up front.

If that one person who you trusted to be your eyes,

When your mind showed you a bent image of yourself.

When they neglect to see your pain,

Choose to steer clear of it.

You realize that no one,

Will be there for you sometimes.

Will care for you forever,

Will put their pride away to do something about it.

Your feelings are so much more.

Your faith is broken,

Your trust is gone.

Your beliefs are wrong,

I am just another being fighting in this life alone.

It does so much more than hurt.

It breaks what you were.

You hurt my feelings?

You changed who I was.

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ingrid-ohls
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Mar 25, 2013
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