Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Grieving me

You say you are grieving the woman you once knew

The one before the trauma, the one before the hurt

You think I am different, evil, punishing for having boundaries 

Boundaries that you don’t care about so there must be something wrong with me

You say you are grieving the woman you once knew

But instead of fighting for me, you continue to hold these men up on golden pedestals

You say you are grieving the woman you once knew

But is that true? From over here it is obvious 

You are grieving the ability to take advantage of me, walk all over me, force codependence upon me

You say you are grieving me to hurt me, to draw blood, to make me feel like a shell of trauma