Hate is ugliness, it’s pervasive and all consuming,
I hate the people close to me,
My peers, friends, family, and those more significant than can fit in those categories,
They make me feel tired, more tired than if I hadn’t slept for a week,
They make me feel stressed, more stressed than an abusive relationship,
They make me feel small, like I don’t matter, like my thoughts, emotions, and pain don’t matter, I want to be considered, consideration is the way I feel love and I don’t feel considered very often, I just have to go with the flow,
They make me feel overwhelmed, in mind, body, and soul, stripping me of my peace, eating away at my optimism,
They make me feel pain deep deep pain in my heart, that makes tears burn against my skin, pain that I want to go to sleep to avoid, wounds I don’t want to acknowledge,
They make me resentful, for all the times I tried to convey these feelings to no avail, for the nights I’ve spent crying instead of sleeping, for all the weight that I feel on my shoulders, for the alienation and suppression of my experience and emotions due to there discomfort, for what I’ve lost so they could gain, for the discomfort I’ve endured for there happiness, for the selfish and inconsiderate actions that follow every interaction,
These relationships just make me wanna shut myself off to the world,
But some combination of love, loyalty, loneliness, nostalgia, empathy, consideration, and pain…
Keep me from pushing anyone away..