Troubling Relationships

UN-conscious, must protect oneself at all costs,

So as not to be seen for all they truly are -

The other remembers who they were, but can’t pull them back,

The other has been manipulated to suit your needs,

Rather than console, support and instead they exclude.

Do they remember times of harmony long-ago- have these ceased to exist?

Wiped-out like a ‘damn spot’ to master their mighty ‘su-per-i-or-it-y’,

Were you always like this or did time beat you down?

Instead the empath is on the journey to heal others and themselves -

Rather thou rejects and inflict wounds, unable to protect and fully care,

A little compassion is key, yet first some self-compassion too,

My light refuses to be dimmed, now it shines brighter than ever imagined.

Perhaps they are two sides of the same coin -

and yet, the relationship must expiate.

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Quick note: some left over ideas from my prior piece which seems to make a poem of their own, yet without the syllable count and rhyming structure.

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