Honor

I want
My changed life
Acknowledged
Not ignored

I want

The truth of my life
Honored
Not misrepresented

I don’t

Require help
With my new life

But I do

Have some
Requests

Don’t look

Into my life
And conclude
It hasn’t changed

Don’t hold

Yourself up
As more holy
Or wise

Don’t pity me

Or patronize me

Because if

You do
These things

I’ll have
To shut
You out
 
And honor
What is
And what’s changed
Without you