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Why Won’t You See Me?

It’s all I ask of you

I asked you to see me as a living, breathing human;
I placed my beating heart in your hands and
allowed you to decide my value,
my worth in this world.
That was my first mistake.
Because you chose to view me through the
lens of a toy.
I scraped and groveled.
I suffocated you with my presence.
Desperate to be seen with clear eyes and a full heart, but instead
you devoured my devotion with…