There Is Room for All of You Here

by Michaela Angemeer

i keep confusing feeling understood with someone understanding how to manipulate me

my short term memory’s fried but i can still tell you everyone who wronged me as a child

if i’m the only one trying how do we heal the bonds between us

i’m grieving my father but he’s still alive and i don’t know if i’ll have any feelings left when he dies

do we accept the love we think we deserve or do we accept the love we were taught we deserved

i’m not asking for much just don’t say you’ll be there if you have no plan to

teach yourself how you want to be loved, and how deserving you are of it.

i don’t wanna move too fast but do you want to love me

i'd rather love you like i mean it than be too scared to try

i didn't know there would be so much to grieve for the past love i never received