Without regrets

I did not unlove you overnight
It is not a thing one does
Over morning tea
I did it slowly over time
While you were rubbing me in the grime
Every time you mocked me;
you tore a bit of me
I grew new skin,
Inch by inch
Every time you broke my heart
Tore it apart
I grew it anew
To be resistant to you,
Piece by piece
I built a new soul
Slowly
Painfully
With tears blood and sweat
And without regrets