Poems for the Signs

by Michaela Angemeer

i thought i would always love you but while i was standing in the sun you kept looking for shade the more i nourished the more you withered i tried to make us last longer emptied my cup to fill up yours until i learned that there’s no point in watering something that doesn’t want to grow

if it was your child, would you let them be around a person who has slip ups? would you let them be around someone who chips away at their self worth? even for a second? for me, the answer was no. and as much as it hurts, my inner child thanks me every day for keeping us safe. for taking us out of a situation where we felt scared and helpless.

you can understand where someone is coming from and still not accept how they treat you

i can’t name all the people i’ve been since i was a kid

i was raised on guilt and shame i’m just trying to be myself again

my loneliness is a coping mechanism protection from rejection

sometimes the best thing you can do for the people you love is take care of yourself

you are not too much. you are brilliant. remarkable. you fill up rooms with love. you are joy. you are sunlight. you put more stars in the sky. your laugh makes the earth a better place. every day the world tells you to hide. but you say no. your soul was put here to take up as much space as possible. and there is room for you to be even more.

no matter how much i love someone i can say no to them and they can say no to me and i won’t be abandoned and i won’t be rejected and no love will be lost