like a shadow you take up the periphery of my life
never clear enough to validate how much you scare me
and just out of sight and never there when i finally turn
not really here but still hindering my peace

We’re all drawn
into friendships
glued together by life
but not everyone is
cut out to be a friend

Do you learn to love
Yourself
By absorbing the love
Others give you?

The lessons we learn
Can feel empty,
I'd rather be a teacher

I’m not sure when it happened or even why
But one day I came to the realization
That I will always be the last pick.
Always be replaceable.
Always too much or not enough.
Problem is- I think it’s my fault.
Perhaps I’m the only one who finds
Such little worth in me.

-ARI