Fading Pains on the Horizon

Miscommunication can lead to ill treatment

A difference of opinion absolving one of their responsibility

I see this as your perception of behaviour that’s decent

Falls short of what’s in your capabilities

Not deserving of respect

Once I no longer satisfy your desires

Without the attachment of accountability

I’m an object against which you unconsciously conspire

I’m so tired of being tired

Help me understand how you don’t get it

A person ain’t a person unless you treat them like one

I’m so tired of the validation

That treating me right gets you extra credit

Human decency won’t get you a medal of participation

I’m done.

But I can’t be

I can’t just give up and stop now

I see no end in sight but they say there’s more on the horizon

The world is round and my vision is flat

But my acceptance is well rounded and your perception of me falls flat

So our horizons don’t seem to be on the same planet

Because your justification is truly out of this world

To believe there’s two equal sides to pain

When one takes pleasure and leaves when it’s inconvenient

And the other tries to move past being forgotten in vain

Yeah, it sucks, I got hurt

But hey, you got off Scott free

As long as you don’t have to deal with the wreckage

You’ll keep on being who you’re meant to be

And I’ll do the same

But I’ll deal with the trauma

My story punctuated with pain

My growth the ongoing chapters

My pain the peppered comma’s

But as long as I keep writing my story

The end will always keep changing

My happiness will grow as the memory of you dims

And the pain will begin fading