“love is not a chain and i am not yours to keep i gather the broken pieces of a heart that once loved you blindly i broke free” LoveGriefHeartbreak Book:Prisoner Source: Prisoner
“you taught me that love was a battle i needed to win so i sharpened my edges and learned how to fight but no one told me how to heal after the war was over” LoveLossGriefPoemHeartbreak Book:He Broke My Heart So I Wrote a Book Source: He Broke My Heart So I Wrote a Book
“pain does not ask for permission it arrives unexpected settles into the bones you carry it like a second skin until one day you realize you have grown around it and it no longer defines you” LoveHeartbreak Book:He Broke My Heart So I Wrote a Book Source: He Broke My Heart So I Wrote a Book
“they told us to sit still to cross our legs like pretty decorations never to run too fast or dream too loud but we are more than quiet artifacts” LoveWomenFeminismSelf Love Book:Rootless Source: Rootless
“i drink life in big gulps spill it down my chin and never ask for a napkin i am raw and hungry unafraid of my own desire” LoveWomenFeministFemale Empowerment Book:Rootless Source: Rootless
“you wrapped me in promises soft as silk and i surrendered to the warmth of your touch in your eyes i found a universe where shadows danced and light was born but in the sweetness i lost myself a willing captive in your embrace i gave you my heart like a key but the lock was never mine to hold” LovePoetryGriefPoemTraumaHeartacheGrief And Loss Author:Andrea E Davis
“i thought healing would feel like forgetting like erasing your name from every corner of my mind there were days when your ghost sat beside me and i almost let it stay but healing is learning to live without inviting the past to the table” LoveHealingGrief And Loss Book:Prisoner Source: Prisoner
“i loved you until loving you meant losing myself so i let go not because you weren’t enough but because i deserve to be whole without having to shatter” LoveHurtHealingTrauma Book:He Broke My Heart So I Wrote a Book Source: He Broke My Heart So I Wrote a Book