You Have My Gratitude
Was it my heart you broke or my ego?
After the terrible week I’ve had this week
I decided to concentrate on my gratitude,
And it got me seriously thinking of you
The guys I have loved with any magnitude.
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The bulk of you only lasted a few months
Or for some maybe even a year or two,
When we break, I’ve often wondered
Was it my heart you broke or my ego too?
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I start to question, did I actually love you
And I can quickly answer yes it was true,
It hurt immensely when we did finally part
And for a short period I was feeling blue.
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Delving deeper, I realised it was never our love
That I was often searching high and low for,
It was never that earth shattering, deep seated
Powerful heart stopping love, that I adore.
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So for you I share my deepest gratitude
You saved me from a dissatisfied love affair,
We were one that didn’t sustain us for long
Leaving me free to find love elsewhere.
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I’m grateful for the lessons you taught me
Especially the one where I knew to hold out,
Stay single, until that one special Soul
Buries so deep in my heart there’s no doubt.
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So to all those guys who up and left me
Please know I’m so very grateful to you,
Each of you were but a stepping stone
To the one I’ll love the rest of my days through.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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Gracefully stated!!!💖💕