Existing

You treated me
as if who I truly was
didn’t exist
so completely
that who I truly was
stopped existing
when I was with you.

When I left,
you still treated me
as if I didn’t exist
so completely
that who I truly am
found a way to
come back fully.

And now,
all that you meant to me
when I was with you
has stopped existing.

~ cj 2013.08.17