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La Farwa Ive Aug 13
Its me
  I'm not perfect,

I'm flawed
   not worth it,

Its me
   I'm flawed,

A broken heart
    That's worth it.
And a little self-conscious.
girlinflames Aug 13
I was working
For a promotion at my job.

Before it could happen,
The job I had quit—
The one that hurt me so much—
Wanted me back.

I said no.
I could never return
To a place
That wounded me so deeply.

The cards now say
You’ll come back,
That you’ll miss my love.

I will say no.
It would be an insult to myself
To go back to someone
Who hurt me
So much.

The past calls us back
Before the future brings
Something better.
girlinflames Sep 9
Find a man
Who is A,
B,
C,
D,
E
The whole alphabet.

Don’t worry,
He exists.

Don’t confine yourself
To less.
girlinflames Sep 7
If I only exist
Under another’s gaze,
Then let my reflection in the mirror
Be enough.
girlinflames Aug 17
If we get back together,
I will be firm.
I will know how to speak
what I want
and how to negotiate.

I will know how to be
one of a kind.

But—
are we still worth it?

I know I am.
girlinflames Aug 18
This divorce has existed
for a long time.

Even if you grieve for it,
grieve more for yourself.

It’s time to release
all the filth you let pile up here.

Do you remember how you suffered?
The anguish of feeling alone?

You were always playing a role—
you, trying to make it work
every
single
day.

Yes, there were good moments,
things that were genuine.
And maybe longing
will walk beside you forever.

But the poems you wrote
two, three years ago
don’t lie.
You weren’t lying to yourself back then.

And back then,
you were already yearning for healing.
You spoke of the pain
of having no one.

Yes, you hoped he would save you—
though you didn’t know it consciously.

But you saved yourself, in part.
That job was the first breaking point.
And now, this marriage—
is the second.

You deserve more.
girlinflames Aug 12
I don’t want
to fight for crumbs.
I don’t want
to be someone’s crumb.
girlinflames Aug 11
I found out you moved on,
you’re with another woman.

I felt nothing.

I thought I would cry,
tear my hair out over you—
but I think I love myself now.

My weekly therapy sessions worked.
girlinflames Aug 11
My mind
keeps whispering
that what I’ve done
is unforgivable.

— I am not worthy
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