4/29/06 (Perceptive) Poem by Lindsay King

dont act like
its nothing
stop thinking
i need to
remind you
for everything
and maybe
i'm not overdramatic
or maybe
i'm not irrational
maybe you just
fail to be
empathetic
hold me up
to the same standard
as everyone else
but love me
like you
love yourself
what matters to me
should mean
something to you
because
not a second
goes by
where i don't
think of you
so why
does it hurt
so much
when i'm left
this way