Make your choice

Ever wonder their motivation

Feel they may be one of those

Narcissistic humans

Who will only feed your lows

Their charms evaporate

Once their need's forfilled

Making you spin and twist

An unknown battlefield

Dismissing, acusing, bristling

You play a losing game

All efforts to appease

Only fail and cause shame

Do you make excuses

Or try to understand

Justify what they do

Hope it's not all underhand

Why are your good intentions

Met almost with contempt

Thinking love is undeserving

That no one cares, they're exempt

Can kindness be exploited

If given when in need

Did you care too much again

To show how much you bleed

Can you keep forgiving

What it does to your mind

Can you afford the price it costs

To care and to be kind

I will not change who I am

To prove their misbelief

It's time for them to learn

Life's hard, but friends provide relief

Truth and trust would light the way

Debunking self doubt so blind

If only their eyes would open

They'd see it's actually in their mind

Choosing what makes them happy

Will be what sets them free

To accept and comprehend love

From friends and family

It's not an easy journey

They'll stumble trip and fall

But while they keep trying

They're not using you at all

If they refuse to make that choice

And continue selling only pain

Make happiness your own choice

Sometimes you lose to gain

Being mean, selfish and hurtful

The test they don't think you'll pass

Wishing you won't give up on them

Hoping your love and care will last

It might be a harsh lesson

The friendship's their risk to take

If they're in it superficially

They've underestimated the stake

Remember always: you're deserving

Of the epic love you give

Don't pay their pain with your happiness

You need it to love and live