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No.
I love you,
but not what you’ve chosen;
I didn’t know my limits,
now my heart feels frozen.
you have no idea,
how much you’ve wounded me,
I destroyed your roses today
to try to feel free.
I can’t believe
I just sat there and listened;
but I know why I did—
because of how your eyes glistened,
you were mourning him, your lover in jail—
hoping that what you’ve heard is wrong,
that your love would prevail.
your fear was correct,
my dear,
this triggered me
beyond what I knew then;
after you left,
I started to understand
the things you were saying
about this man;
out of your lips that were bound
by invisible tape,
loving from your heart
that is bound
in invisible chains;
from that monsterous man
that you call your soulmate.
I ended this
because I know,
I deserve better
than to be treated
and perceived
as second best—
I’d rather be alone
than be with someone
who makes me feel like
the loneliest person
in the world,
I’m a different person than when
I accepted this:
I am now a woman
I am no longer that girl.
© a.v.b.
but not what you’ve chosen;
I didn’t know my limits,
now my heart feels frozen.
you have no idea,
how much you’ve wounded me,
I destroyed your roses today
to try to feel free.
I can’t believe
I just sat there and listened;
but I know why I did—
because of how your eyes glistened,
you were mourning him, your lover in jail—
hoping that what you’ve heard is wrong,
that your love would prevail.
your fear was correct,
my dear,
this triggered me
beyond what I knew then;
after you left,
I started to understand
the things you were saying
about this man;
out of your lips that were bound
by invisible tape,
loving from your heart
that is bound
in invisible chains;
from that monsterous man
that you call your soulmate.
I ended this
because I know,
I deserve better
than to be treated
and perceived
as second best—
I’d rather be alone
than be with someone
who makes me feel like
the loneliest person
in the world,
I’m a different person than when
I accepted this:
I am now a woman
I am no longer that girl.
© a.v.b.
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