"This is not a poem for the onewho got away but for those wholoved me enough to stay.There I go..."

“This is not a poem for the one

who got away but for those who

loved me enough to stay.

There I go again turning dedication

into a rhythmic confession and I promise

that none of this is intentional.


For those who saw a light inside of me

when all I could pull from myself

was darkness, this is for you.


I always seem to remember the ones

who broke me more than the ones who have

healed me and this is something

about myself that I am trying to repair,

trying to change and to make it a defining part of me.

But I am always writing love poems

for those who don’t deserve them,

for those who don’t even deserve

a single word in my vocabulary.

So I’ll start here by turning morbid memories

into thank you notes for everyone

who deserves more than words,

more than considerate ramblings

and who mostly deserve more than being

pushed underneath the rug of my heart

when it comes to healing.”

- "You deserve more than this," - Colleen Brown