No one asked you to understand me,

Or asked for you to stay.

I could talk until I’m blue in the face,

Though I’d be misunderstood either way.

I don’t have the energy for people,

Who simply care to judge and assume.

My head is full enough already,

And there is no more room…

To worry what you think of me,

Or if you’ll accept me as I am.

Accept why I do the things I do,

And assume I have reason to be who I am.

So if you can not do this,

Then please just walk away,

For if you can’t see any good in me,

There’s nothing more to say.

K. Aldaya, 1/23/21

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