Goodbye, Ice Queen
Sequel to Ice Queen
I'm thawing the part of my heart that belonged to you
Not because I miss you
Because I don't
Not because I love you
Though, reluctantly, I do
But because, someday, that part won't belong to you
Because, someday, there will be somebody else
Somebody more worthy than you
Somebody who will treat me better than you
They will handle my heart with more care than you
They will not judge me like you did
They will see me as more worthy than you did
And when they come along, I want them
To not have to chip away
At a frozen heart
Just because of what you did
Author's Note: This poem is a sequel to my poem "Ice Queen", which can be found below. They are both written about three of my grandparents, particularly my paternal grandparents and my maternal grandmother, all of whom I have lost in the past couple of years. I have had more complicated feelings about their losses than my mother's loss, so it's taken me longer to write about them. This poem felt appropriate.
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Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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