The Force of Love

You said you wanted me to heal

But you wouldn’t leave me to do it

you also couldn’t stay still enough

Just to hold me through it

I felt desired but not heard

Wanted but not respected

Worshipped but not protected

And I couldn’t keep pretending

Your desire felt like objectification

Your worship felt like obsession

But when I tried to show you all of me

You met me with rejection

You only wanted your idealized version

and my shouting was never loud enough

To get through to you that

I am just a person