Blood is thicker than water, they say

It hurts that

You never wore

Your Sunday Best

On a day

Important

To me

It hurts that

You never remembered

I exist

Until you were told

You can't deny

My existence

It hurts that

You are yet to spell

My name right

It's Shailee, not Shili

Do you even know

My full name?

It hurts that

You used to look away

Pretend I wasn't yours

Make me feel

Make me know

I don't belong in your life

It hurts that

You only talk with me now

Because you've been told to

But that you won't

Even make an attempt to

Get to know me

It hurts that

You still expect me to apologize

Even though

The only crime

I committed

Was being born

It hurts that

Even though he wronged

Even though you

Let him wrong

I'm the one cornered

I'm the one blamed

It hurts that

I will never be as good

As any of them

Even though

I too, do my best

To make people proud

For a different you.