valued.

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