Help Them Understand

You should explain yourself.

You should help them understand you.

You try your best, in your own way to show them who you are.

How?

These suggestions sear my heart, entrusting it pain I thought I would never feel again. These suggestions are ignorant advice, as good as if uttered by a deaf person who never heard the tale in the first place.

Why should I explain myself when doing so is merely explaining a part of me they do not believe exists?

Why should I help them understand when they have n...