Can’t you see I’m hurting? Why don’t you comfort me?
How can you not understand I need to go to this meeting?
I know you have all these needs, and I am working of getting to them
even though I’ve got so much to do I can’t see my way through…
What can I do for you? You were alone in this house,
had what I prepared for you to eat, were perfectly capable
of taking care of yourself. Don’t worry, I’m here now,
I’ll take over and see that you feel loved, that you have what I can give
though I drove through a blizzard to get here…or at least it felt so.
I don’t have to have you comfort me, welcome me…your care.
I’ll take care of you.

No, wait. Some of your needs I need to address. And I will.
But my own needs are my responsibility even when it feels like
yours take precedence.