"And I am sorry that I didn’t turn outto be the girl that you wanted me to becomeso badly...."

“And I am sorry that I didn’t turn out

to be the girl that you wanted me to become

so badly. That I wasn’t able to give you

what everyone told you that you deserved.

I am sorry for how things ended between us,

but I will never apologize for the way

you treated me when you thought that I

was the one who made it all turn sour.

I will never apologize for the look in your eyes

after I told you that this was not

what I thought it was going to be.

You always knew how to blame the victim.

You were always so good at making yourself

seem like you were the one who always had your

back against the wall. But you never had

your fists in the air, fighting for this,

for everything that we built together.

You never were the one who was ready

to stitch it back together when it kept

falling apart. So I am sorry for not turning out

to be the girl that you always wanted,

always thought you deserved. But I am not

sorry, and I will never apologize for being

the one who had the strength to walk away.”

- "The blame game," - Colleen Brown