Judged

It hurts
To be
Judged

Hurts to know

I have not
Lived up
To standards
Set for me
By someone
Who is weighing
My worth

I could do

Without the
Judgment

Could do

With just
Being heard

Could do with
A conversation
Or twenty
That has
As its goal
Understanding

Could do with

Acknowledgement
That the questions
Are good
On both sides

You

Hearing me

Me

Hearing you

Just might

Make our
Difference
Of opinion

Something
To be
Learned from
Instead of
Feared