i'm sad.
i'm hurt.
i'm disappointed.
you raised me
to lean into truth.
you taught me
right from wrong,
and stressed above all things
k i n d n e s s and love.
and today you align yourself
with a man utterly lacking
integrity.
a man that openly mocks
the disabled
veterans
and ****** assault survivors.
you defend this man in public and
i am so confused.
so s t u n n e d.
and i have been q u i e t for
hundreds and hundreds of days
ruminating
trying to figure out
if you have always
been this other person.