You showed me…

You showed me I wasn’t important to you when you were happily and ‘secretly’ giving your attention to other people.

You showed me I didn’t matter to you when you gave your time so freely to others but it came at cost to me.

You showed me I wasn’t important to you when you took hours or days to reply to me, but was readily available to others.

You showed me I didn’t matter to you when you made no effort to include me in your life because you couldn’t see the value I added to it, and you wanted to keep me at a distance. A secret.

You showed me I wasn’t important when you didn’t care if we were talking or not. When you showed me, I was just another option in your mailbox and made me feel unworthy of your attention and when you decided walking away was better.

You showed me I didn’t matter, when I tried to talk about how I felt and you turned it back on me and made me feel wrong and guilty for having feelings.

You showed me I wasn’t important when you continuously stood me up, cancelled plans and were always late.

You showed me I didn’t matter when you never celebrated my birthday, Christmases, or other events with me.

You showed me I didn’t matter when you sought to blame me for all the problems because you always had to be right. It always had to be your way, with no compromise.

You showed me I didn’t matter when you left me alone when I needed you most.

You showed me I wasn’t important.

And I showed you that I finally noticed.