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Today my life shifted with one little text,
You decided to finally make me your ex.
You’ve met someone else,
And started anew.
‘It just kinda happened.’
I’m so happy for you.
I wished you good luck,
And put down my cell.
The news hit me strangely,
Part Heaven, part Hell.
You were my person
And my very best friend
We were there for each other
Right til the end.
When someone is gone
It’s different than dead
And all that remains
Are the words left unsaid.
I loved you and hated
all the things that you did.
Your words full of cruelty
since bounce round my head.
I’ll miss the feeling of my head on your chest.
Snuggled under your shoulder
having a rest.
I won’t miss the fighting,
Being crushed by the weight
of the wounds from the past,
or your anger and hate.
Seeping into my cells
bouncing round in my brain.
On a cellular level,
you transferred your pain.
I tried to be kind,
Oh, I tried to connect.
But, I felt so alone,
An emotional wreck.
Poisoned and sick,
Unsafe and sad.
I’ve never loved anyone who hurt me that bad.
And I know I did things to hurt you, too
I tried everything to try to get through
to the man I loved and thought I knew.
But we live our lives in different ways,
I knew that this love was so depraved.
I always had one foot in the relationship grave.
I lost all hope for better days.
I couldn’t understand
Why did I keep going back?
Why were we magnets
Repel and attract?
I didn’t want to be always the one
Who bore the brunt of your rage
And never had any fun.
We weren’t on the same page.
Your children, your dogs, strangers and friends
Got treated like gold
While I got the ‘you’ who was mean and hellbent on
suffocating my soul.
On keeping me close by
Dropping the crumbs
Loving and charming
Then distant and numb.
So, although today’s news was ever so hard.
I should send your new “someone” a Thank you card.
The truth is my freedom is worth more to me
Than a life with the man you’ll never be.
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S. E. Linn
Hi! I'm the owner of YAASSS! a copywriter, reviewer, editor, blogger, ghostwriter, poet, international teacher, published author, dog lover, sheet wadder, and proud mom of 2 amazing humans.
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Comments (16)
Thank you for sharing this heartfelt piece. It captures the complexities of love, pain, and the journey toward self-discovery, love your works, subscribed.
Heartbreaking but also liberating amazing poem ! Congratulation on Top Story !
This is incredible!! I love how you represented the good and the bad. Perfect explanation of the mixed feelings that are all too relatable. "I knew that this love was so depraved. I always had one foot in the relationship grave." That's so well written! And then those last three lines were next level!! So well done! Congrats on Top Story!
I'm so sorry for your pain. Your poem is thickly felt and triggered tears in my eyes. I hope everything works out...
reminds me of the Matchbox Twenty song "Push"
a common theme, very relatable, i know this pain so well
congrats on TS. this surely sounds like someone I used to know. GREAT writing.
congrats on top story!!
Thanks so much! I appreciate it!
Wow. There is so much pain in this poem, yet it is expressed in such a beautiful way. Great job with this. Incredible work.
Oh, the feelings in this. Wonderful job. Congrats on Top Story!
I felt your words - relatable and real. Well done! And congrats on Top Story!
Break ups can be hard , great words
Heart wrenching! Very well written and from the heart. Congrats on the top story
Well, that hurt... Thank you for sharing this. Those emotions and feelings are hard to share in any form.
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