Retiring from the Helping Hand Game of Life
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Why does being a thoughtful person always come at a price?
Letting the wolves in through the front door to only be pilfered
Turning a blind eye to someone's truly dark nature
Wondered if kindness and naivete came hand in hand
Trusting that good deeds were meant to be spread around
Was the furthest possible thing from the truth ever imagined
Fed up with being kind to other people and only get burned by it
Betrayed for having an open heart and having garbage thrown back
Being a legitimately giving person meant not always getting it in return
Can accept that idea; as long as it's not returned in tiny bite size pieces
Run through a woodchipper out of spite for being put in such a position
Unfair assessment to think that there were a lot of people like this
Just the ones who truly didn't want the help; an outlet to complain
Project their inadequacies onto random passersby at will
Especially brutal when those feelings come out at the end of a relationship
Thrown back as insults that you were too giving to them
Lesson learned out of getting emotionally blowtorched
Hesitant to open up to anyone on a profound level now
Wondered if it was even worth it to be considerate again
Don't misconstrue the newfound sentiment as giving on others
Not even close to the truth in any possible way
Will always help those who legitimately need the support
Just simply tired of giving it to those who take advantage
Using your genuine kindness as a double edged weapon
Thrusted upon you in a moment of weakness or anger
On their part as per the usual infliction of emotional damage
Ready to no longer be considered a victim of this game
No longer willing to help those who can't help themselves
Kept repeating the same dysfunctional patterns time and time again
Stepping off this twisted merry go round for good
Rehabbing my own welfare before helping anyone else's
Lesson finally learned in the end.