Dawn & Dusk

Rejection is a deep pain. I am learning to find acceptance and healing in Christ.

A lament

I have always felt like
A disappointment
Even the times
When I actually wasn’t

There were always barriers
That I had to climb
In order to be accepted
In order to be liked

I tried to be
What they wanted me to be
Or to be so uninteresting
That they would not notice me

Even then
I faced rejection
Despite my efforts
I was still not accepted

So now here I am
All alone
Left to rot
With these old bags of bones

The weight of rejection
Crushing my shoulders
While my rejecters live freely
Unaware they’re my tormentors