Obliterates

Light obliterates for a while

When you misread me

I understand that we are all very different

That certain things that please an extravert

To an introvert

Can hurt

And the wound goes in

As a reminder of the sore spot

Where so often before

Our heart and being and true feelings

Were misunderstood

And yet it is my own responsibility

To tend to my heart

Some people will try to tear it apart

Some people will try to obliterate my truth

And when I have been led to believe

That so much of what I feel is wrong

It becomes all the harder to be strong

For we all need love

And some of us who are starving

Often seem to have no choice

But to turn our back on ourselves

To belong

But the loss well then it just goes deep

And there is no way to feel the relief

That comes with self love

Self acceptance

And self understanding

Obliteration hurts our soul

And so we must do all that we can

To find the way home to our truth

Even if the world

Seeing things

Through a different lens

Misunderstands the truth

Of who we are

And how we truly feel