last words

You expect everyone else to give of themselves fully
You want everything from them
Then you don’t give of yourself
Standing back within the safety of your insulate nature
Carefully judging others
You expect us to accept everything about you with patience
Yet you will not do the same for any of us
You continually find fault with all around you
Then judge each one and cut them off in some way
Denying them any possibility of hurting you
You want everyone to be shaped exactly to your will
Yet you are so inflexible when it comes to the smallest request from us
You punish us for asking
You punish us for not conforming to your desires to the letter
You hold back your affections, encouragement and enthusiasm
Gracing us with scraps here and there upon your whim
But you expect nothing but the fullest support from each one of us

All this I knew before
But it didn’t matter to me
I still loved you