I have this
SHADOW aspect
I'm trying to 
INTEGRATE
&
BOTH 
of these situations 
SEEM pertinent 
it's this
SELFISH thing
sister kathy 
told me
I didn't care about
ANYONE but MYSELF 
BECAUSE, I think 
I hadn't turned in my SECRET SANTA gift
BUT 
my mom hadn't taken me to get it yet
I was thirteen 
I was PRETTY SURE 
whether I had a GIFT to turn in or not
was not CORRELATED
to WHO I cared about 
THAT didn't even 
MAKE 
SENSE
SO
she said it
to HURT me 
it DID 
HURT
it didn't make SENSE 
& I have this thing
ABOUT 
SELFISH 
I WANT to 
PUSH that AWAY 
BUT 
THAT isn't GOOD 
there's a blindness
OR something 
if you can't ALLOW yourself to be 
SELFISH 
that causes multiple kinds of trouble 
I'm not sure if 
I'm making any
SENSE