Sunday August 28, 2016
Invitation
By: Tara Kimberley Torme
I’m well loved by
All friends and family
Whether we’re near
Or far geographically,
We keep in touch frequently
By phone and by email.
You tell me everything that
Goes on in our life –
Either births, sicknesses
Marriage, divorce, trips. And
Because you know I’m not able to
Make events, you will s till let
Me know, no matter what, always
Extending an invitation towards me.
You will even go out of your way
To give me a ride to family reunions
So I can come and spend time with
Everybody. When trips are planned,
You will go out of your way to include
Me and invite me along because you
Really want to make sure I’m
Included and that I have an
Awesome opportunity to travel
And get to know you better as a
Person. And because you know I’m
Financially challenged, you will make
Sure to go out of your way to help
Me find a way to travel – maybe an
All expense paid – because you are
An awesome person. You will go out
Of your way to make sure I come
To your wedding because I’m really
Important to you. You include me
In everything, invite me along to
All that you do, because you
Want to make me feel included,
Loved, wanted, special. It’s a
Great feeling to be always invited,
Included, and be told all that goes on
In your lives – I feel honored and touched.
But what I’ve just told you is
All a horrible bald faced lie –
That’s just not true in
My own personal life:
The real cold hard truth is a
Bitter pill to swallow – I
Don’t have anybody like that
In my life – everybody pushes
Me away, treats me like I don’t
Exist or even considers my feelings.
They probably don’t think I have
Feelings or even care that they don’t
Share with me what’s going on in their
Lives or that they block my emails –
I’m the resident retard with a
Disability that can’t do anything
Right. The cold hard truth is this:
Nobody ever bothers to go out of their way to invite me to events or include me on trips.
Because to them: I just simply don’t exist.
tktorme 