They say that I shouldn’t hate.

They told me that it was unhealthy.

That it would return to me, and everyone would dislike me.

Yet I can’t help but feel the least bit annoyed when you don’t get the message.

My life does not circle on your commitments.

I have my own.

I adjust around the time of a ton of people.

Can’t you adjust around mine?

I never hate on you for not being available.

So please don’t hate on me for not being able to make it.

Don’t tell me to trash my other commitments because I won’t.

You know that very well, and no amount of pressure from you will ever convince me to do so.

So just stop, because I am getting quite annoyed.

I know you can feel that I am. So stop telling me to ditch.

I know that it can be quite annoying that I can’t go.

But know that I wasn’t the one who wanted this.

You may feel I’m not committing enough, but I am only one person. I cannot be at two places at once, and you know very well which priority is on the top of my list.