Poems For People Who Don't Deserve Them

What I need.

After watching an emotional abuse awareness video online, I can confidently say that I can relate 100% to it.

No more people telling me that it was in my head.

No more people telling me that I was wrong.

No more people telling me that I threw away a good guy.

I can now look them in the face with my tears filled eyes and bruised heart that yes,
I was emotionally abused.

That yes,
he treated me like I was always wrong.

Now I can cry over it,
now my heart can scream in pain and no longer hold back for fear that someone will look at me like I am wrong.

No one can look at me and tell me I broke his heart without knowing that he broke me entirely;
mind, body, and soul.

I lost time with family.

I lost friends.

I lost a piece of me that I can never get back from him.

But I have not once blamed him in any way,
yet people have no mercy when they point their fingers at me.

He's the baby,
he's the good one.

He's the one that cried when I called it quits.

But no one looked at me and said,
"I'm proud of you"

I'm proud that you were able to escape.

I am proud that you had the courage to stand up for yourself,
instead of letting him trick you once again.

This is written with tears running down my face.

Tears that are long over due.

Because you know what?

I am proud of me.

And that's all I need.