Loving A Narcisist

They call it loving a narcissist.

When you love somebody so deeply,

but you can't feel the love they claim to have for you.

You're raised being told they love you.

Yet their mouths only ever spew hate and disgust towards you.

What hurts the most is looking in the mirror,

believing all they say because you believe they love you and it's just you that has the problem.

When you love a narcissist,

you spend years trying to change.

So then maybe the words their mouths spew,

won't be hate but love. 

What cripples your bones the most is when the narcissist is your mother.