In a final Act of self preservation, I cut you out of my life.
HELENA DEGNYou made a goddamn mess of me but watch me rise from the ashes.
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Leaving was the hardest most liberating act of self preservation and self love I did.
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I resent you for being okay when you broke me.
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I lost you before I even had you.
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I stared into the face of death and death blinked first.
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I’m still learning to love the parts of me you taught me to hate.
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My body is covered in scars where silver blades kisses my skin and pretended to be love.
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I hate tequila but I’ll drink it straight from the bottle if it means forgetting you.
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This town is too small for you. You were always meant for bigger things. Girls like us aren’t fit for cages we are meant to fly.
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I don’t know where you are or who you are anymore but I’ll always remember us.
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So many ways to touch someone and all you had to do was look at me.
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You tossed me out like dirt but out of dirt roses grew and I have more thorns than petals.
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Maybe there’s a world out there where you and I find each other and it doesn’t end in burning flames or broken hearts.
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I may have forgiven you but forgiving myself is a much slower process.
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I will emerge from this darkness and I will stronger than I was when it fell upon me.
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In people and poetry I have found a way to heal.
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