I kept showing up.
Yet you remained silent.
Gave the benefit of the doubt.
But you remained quiet.
You expected me to show up,
even when I wasn’t invited.
But there is something I’ve learned in my younger years.
If people want you in their life,
They wouldn’t just disappear…
You’d see it in their actions.
Not just their words.
People who say they care wouldn’t make you question your worth.
True friends include you.
They show up and they care how they make you feel.
And when there are mistakes or misunderstandings,
That’s when you know who’s real,
Because they’d give you room to be human,
Just as you do for them.
They’re humble enough to know,
between a Peter who had a bad day.
And a Judas who had a bad heart and refused to grow.
I looked past so much.
I put myself in your shoes.
Tried to be the understanding friend.
But it just got me used.
You expected me to extend grace and forgiveness,
Without giving it in return.
But there is something I’ve learned in my younger years.
If people want you in their life,
They wouldn’t just disappear…
You’d see it in their actions.
Not just their words.
People who say they care would value you in return.
True friends include you.
They show up and they care how they make you feel.
And when there are mistakes or misunderstandings,
That’s when you know who’s real,
Because they’d give you room to be human,
Just as you do for them.
They’re humble enough to know,
between a Peter who had a bad day.
And a Judas who had a bad heart and refused to grow.
True friends include you.
They show up and they care how they make you feel.
And when there are mistakes or misunderstandings,
That’s when you know who’s real,
Because they’d give you room to be human,
Just as you do for them.
They’re humble enough to know,
between a Peter who had a bad day.
And a Judas who had a bad heart and refused to grow.
Rachael Cabrales 
