Decency

I didn’t ask for much, just a little understanding

I needed you to accept that you hurt me

That I wasn’t crazy to think that the things you had done to me were wrong

And that asking for better was something that I should have done long ago

I needed you to promise not to hurt me anymore

And not just physically but with you words too

Because until then I wouldn’t be able to move on from our past

Though these should have been easy to accept if you truly believed that we could move forward

You made me feel like a fool for ever asking

Acted like I was overreacting to want to be treated right

And claimed that it was too much to ask of anyone

And it broke me