my everything

i gave you my everything

and i thought you took it all away

but i realized that i am my everything

i am my savior

my angel

my guiding light

i am the one that holds me at night

i gave you my heart

and i thought you shattered it completely

but then i realized though broken it still beat

pumping blood through my veins

my life

my reason to hold onto all of me

i love

i gave you my strength

and i thought you only took it for weakness

but then i realized that my weaknesses make me stronger

my faults

make me human

make me feel

unique like a wrist bone or a finger print

and beautiful in its creation

i breathe

i gave you every breath i exhaled

and you never took it in

you never felt the essence i breathed into you

but now i breathe for me

i inhale the sunshine into my own lungs

ive won.

i gave you the credit i deserved

i showed you the humility the compassion the forgiveness i yearned for

but now im giving it to me.

i am my everything

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