am i an Afterthought
1: an idea occurring later 2: something (such as a part or feature) not thought of originally: something secondary Am I an Afterthought? It didn’t occur to me that I was an Afterthought I became an afterthought the moment they pulled me from my mother’s womb and proclaimed it’s a girl I’ve learned to live as an Afterthought even in my own mind I was defined an Afterthought because my skin was laced with melanin and kissed by the sun I didn’t know that even in my own subconscious I too was an Afterthought So do I blame those who view me an Afterthought and take me for granted Or does that blame lay squarely on me for allowing myself to be just that: a thought an idea that occurs later; an Afterthought My needs, my wants, my desires, my hopes, my dreams, an afterthought An Afterthought after that of those of my kids, my family, my husband, my job, my church, my community, my friends then I think of me Is it out of selfish am...