valued.

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then you find out you're replaceable
despite your rarity, your uniqueness, your energy

that moment is humbling because you have to come to terms with the fact that there isn't a scale to measure your quality
your worth― something you valued high is now irrelevant
there's no number, just relativity
no, there's a number and it's one. you are one; as whole as one could be
one of one but among many others
& the same person who loved you as a whole is willing to sacrifice what makes you complete
you now feel reduced to that speck of an human being swimming in a sea of billions of beings

& the only thing that has value is the price it'll cost to lose you
& you learn it's a price they're willing to pay

that is the day you learn that you are appraised only after you are no longer wanted

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