we both hurt each other
but you moved on
and im still alone
i struggle every day with the damage I was left with
i punish myself, for what I did
by keeping everyone at arms length
refusing to let anyone in
refusing to develop connections

we fell apart
and it feels like I still haven’t fully put myself back together
i don’t even know how to
you picked up the pieces and kept going
you met someone new
and then again, someone new
you made it look effortless

i thought maybe I was being punished
for the way I treated you
this is just what I deserved
but we both hurt each other
so why is this so easy for you
it’s impossible for me

i’ve met so many people
they come and they go
but, in the end, i get hurt

and that’s just how it goes
you took my pain, and now the world is handing it back to me

You met someone new
And I wondered why it was so easy for you
But every time I tried to move on
I got imposter syndrome
Or I met someone who in the end, hurt me
My heart was breaking,
Alittle more each time I tried to take a step
toward moving on

But then, you unfollowed me
And I thought maybe
You’re having a hard time too.

You’re stronger than you think you are
You’ve gotten through every difficult day in your entire life up to this very second,
this is just another difficult day you’re going to get through
So every time you want to give up
Every time you want to break down
Every time you want to give into the pressures of life
Let the strength that got you here, carry you through the rest of today
Because tomorrow is a new day
And you will wake up, with new strength to get you through your next bad day, whenever that is

I promise, everything happens for a reason.
Someday, this is all going to make sense.
The pain and the hurt
You feel alone but there’s a reason why it doesn’t work out with anyone else.

When they are happy
you are happy.