The Quiet Club

By _jenn_a

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The extrovert ideal - The omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha and comfortable in the... More

The Beginning (Author's Note)
The Quiet Club
Architect
Logician
5 Days a Week
Mediator
Advocate
Turbulent
Assertive
Logistician
Defender
Gathering
Virtuoso
Adventurer
What We're Not
Sand
Why I'm So Quiet
Phone
The Ice-Breaker
Turtles
Goodbye

Doormat

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By _jenn_a

Holding the door open for you,

I really don't mind.

The water I pour for you,

I really don't mind.

Taking those papers for you,

I really don't mind.

Waiting later for you,

I really don't mind.


But...


Leaving trash on the desk for me,

I really do mind.  

Being a pest to me,

I really do mind.   

Throwing your crap at me,

I really do mind.   

Thinking it's fun to slap at me,

I really do mind.   


Because...


When you use someone for fun,

You abuse what is kind.

When you take and give none,

You abuse what is kind.

When that respect falls flat,

You abuse what is kind.

When you use someone as a doormat,

You abuse what is kind.

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