Five and Seven

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He has given greater gifts,

Greater than I could have imagined, 

To give to myself, 

When presented with them, my response, 

For me?

I've feared asking people for help,

Never wanted to see them, 

I beautifully painted over them, 

Never wanted to see them, 

I decorated characteristics, 

Characteristics they never had, 

Never wanted to see them.

I respected and valued them,

I've asked them for help, 

They're not listening,

I had to ask them for help, 

Nobody is listening.

I'm good at painting people, 

Painting them for what they are not, 

It's my mothering nature, 

I try to uplift people, 

I've uplifted everyone, 

I carried the relationship,

To be let down.