035/365

When people try so hard to convince you that the problem is you when really the issue is that being in the presence of greatness makes them feel insecure and dim. Just keep on shining, someone will appreciate your glow. 

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They say I’m just too difficult because I’m much too opinionated. Every comment they state contradicted, every stance they take debated. They think I’m just too headstrong, that I find kindness overrated. I merely wear the truth, their disdain stays masqueraded. It’s too hard to break through my stronghold to take control. The attacks take their toll, but I do not fold, disappointment getting old very quickly. So, I’m shifty because I’m suspicious of their intentions. I’m the one with incomprehensible apprehensions, yet they run swiftly at the mention of responsibility for their actions.

Only pointing at my reactions; an easy target for their blame. Refusing to play their game they assault my “too-strong” sense of self. Forever feeling inferior, my words inciting their fury as they are dealt. My confrontations strike at insecurities unbeknownst to me. Irrationality driving the brutality against my personality as if I can see what lies beneath. They fix the masks upon their worried faces, afraid that they may fall. I say come at me correct or don’t come at me at all. It only feels like I’m too much because their standards are too small.