She Was The Storm

by Cherie Avritt

you were a flower blooming before his very eyes but he could not see your value

i was so focused on the idea of getting you to love me that i didn’t notice i was better off without you

i am tired of giving my everything to someone who doesn't notice my efforts

inconsistency is the first sign that someone only cares about you when it’s convenient for them

you made me feel special just to get something from me

i still think about you when my hands slip between my legs in the middle of the night even though you hurt me i can’t stop thinking of you

never give up you have come too far and fought too hard to give up now

it hurts to realize that no one has ever cared about me as much as i have cared about them perhaps i feel too deeply or get attached too easily

never be afraid to cut toxic people out of your life for the sake of your own happiness

like the flick of a light switch suddenly i saw everything i saw my own foolishness in chasing after you when i knew that it could never work out

do not resent yourself for how slowly you are healing it takes time and you need to remember that.

you can’t convince people to give you the love you deserve

i cannot protect my heart from the whims of your love you only love me back when it suits you

i hate the way things ended between us i never got an explanation i never understood why you left

you will make it through this just like you’ve made it through everything else that has come before

do not hurt others in the same way you’ve been hurt before

stop questioning your instincts and start following them

beware of people who find it easy to walk away

my hopes for you were proven wrong one too many times

how are you supposed to follow your heart when it is broken and bleeding?

never allow anyone to treat you as if you are just another option

don’t spend your life waiting for an apology that will never come.

the world piles on top of me my breathing is constricted my lungs cry for air

find the light within yourself and set it free