All the Things I Should've Told You Quotes

“Did you fall in love with me at the end of this poem?
The one I wrote in the middle of the night when I fell in love with you.”
― Shayla Raquel, All the Things I Should've Told You: Poems on Love, Grief & Resilience

“My sorrow starts as a steady stream
until the tears run like rapids,
spilling . . .
bursting . . .
gushing . . .

And I can’t dam the grief because, you see, there are things I should’ve told you.”
― Shayla Raquel, All the Things I Should've Told You: Poems on Love, Grief & Resilience

“You are blood,
But you aren’t family.
You look like me,
But you’re my enemy.
You share my surname,
But you rob me of my sanity.
You are of my lineage,
But you created a tragedy.”
― Shayla Raquel, All the Things I Should've Told You: Poems on Love, Grief & Resilience

“Each cut, hole, and scar
led me to a deep confession:
You maimed me with words
and not a single weapon.”
― Shayla Raquel, All the Things I Should've Told You: Poems on Love, Grief & Resilience