I Understand Poem by Jamieka Holmes

Do you have any idea how it feels to be stripped away of your person
For your emotions to be taken for-granted made to feel total desolation
Sometimes I’m recognized, sometimes I’m not
It all depends on if the world loves me or not
Will the world wait for me if I decide not to speak?
For I have waited on the world & have been let down
Love & hate such powerful words whose meanings can bring joyous days or devastating nights
I am only human or did you forget
My feelings aren’t here for you to use or dismiss
You’re happy now & things are great
What more can I ask for
Or do I even have the right to ask anymore
The things you said are etched in my mind as if written in stone
You know what happens to the past it gets forgotten
I’m a part of your past & your building a future
Don’t misunderstand your happiness is my happiness, your gain is my reward
I just hate to feel like I’m not important to you anymore
I know I’m not as needed or wanted as the love of your life
I can only ask that you remember me & our times without strife