Consider Me

I want to be unraveled in consideration

I am invisible yet seen

in a room full of people

I am the loneliest I’ll ever be

Consider me—

not for what I have to offer

not for what my reflection shows

consider my soul the depth of which sorrow flows

Peel my layers, digest me raw

consider my being a gallery of flaws

Without saying a word,

my eyes will speak

please take the time

to consider what they weep

If you’re still here,

hold me dear

let me know it is safe to fall

Consider my essence a garden of grief,

I yearn for love and the consideration to be