I get a memory while making love
And because you refuse to hear my past
You don't understand and turn away.

You withdraw, your mind is gone
Your feelings closed
Your body pulls away.

I feel dirty, tainted, unwanted,
Untouchable, alone.
Because you fail to listen to my pain.

You do not know me
You have chosen not to know
You say you wait for me to tell.

But never encouraged or in any way
Let me know you were willing
To listen, to know, to care.

YOU felt rejected, you say
What was triggered in you?
What questions lie unasked in your past?

What is it inside of you
That when seeing someone in pain
Triggers feelings of rejection so strong
That you cannot ask, "What's wrong?"