I feel

I feel lonely I feel sad

I feel silenced and gagged

I feel anger I feel choked

I feel rebuked and provoked

I feel so confused

Why can’t you see

All of these feelings you

Invoke within me

There is a rift, a crack

A broken piece

I can’t be the only one

Who really sees

You want me quiet

Not to think, not to feel

You just brush me off

Like it’s no big deal

I can’t speak

And you don’t hear

How I feel makes

Just makes you disappear

I feel invisible and ignored

More times than I can count

You don’t even see me

Why am I still around?

I try and I try

To do as you wish

I make all the sacrifices

But what do I really get?

I ask for time and attention

You say it’s too much

I beg and I plead with you

Can this really be love?