Myself, I lost
My eyes, blinded by my affections
And the mirage of the ones you so falsely professed
Trapped in love, I became
When I only ever needed to live therein
My sanity, daily slipped through my fingers
Bits by bits, until little was left
You took all the pieces of me you craved
Leaving me, an empty shell
Who knew cannibals still exist?
Then one morning i awoke
Unable to recognise the girl in the mirror
The girl I never really knew
Whose strength I never really realised
Now a mere shadow, hovering in darkness
In that moment I decided
Se finis
I found her first
Harnessed that inner power
Broke free from the clutches of fake affections
Loosened the contraptions of disrespect
Discarded the robes of disregard
Crushed the incessant hurts
I have no regrets for the past
Just gratitude
The clay came crashing down
But bricks swiftly took it's place
These scare have made me
Pure, refined gold
Make no mistake
I'm not the girl you used to know
In your fire, I burned
From my ashes, I rose
And when I saw the beauty I was
Like a phoenix
I soared.
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Atanda Davido 26 NovYou are not the girl I used to know, you are now like a fierce lion,you are the shadow of yourself, I think I lost you long ago, but I know one day you will realized how the best I want you to be.
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Zizy Mena 26 NovWhen you don't cherish what you have and treat it right, you are bound to lose it and they always end up being better off without you
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Atanda Davido 26 NovVery true, but why we must regret instead of treating them right is still a mystery to me.
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Adegbe Gift 26 NovNice poem, l'm not who you use to know before, l'm now full of wisdom and discernment, no one will play me again, I have learnt from my past
It happens that someone you think truly loves you was never really in love, was just player who professed empty promises at the end it you will be left with nothing, but a shattered life, looking like you have become empty, left with nothing, but in all someone must learn to be strong and move on, atleast it should serve as a lesson never to be fool again.
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Zizy Mena 26 NovYou have given a beautiful interpretation of the poem. It shows you truly understand it
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Wajiha Fawad 26 NovWowww
While reading i realized, it's just like my own story, in teenage we do make mistakes by trusting someone who was never loyal, obviously it hurts when someone leaves betraying us that completely break our hearts..
It really changes us and we can never be the same..
But with maturity we realize that everything happens for good, what happened in past has made us strong today ❤💫
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Zizy Mena 26 NovWhatever happened in the past indeed made us stronger just like the saying goes, "what doesn't break you, makes you"
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Ifeanyi Obasi 26 NovThis must be the tale of a broken heart, one that has acquired lots of lessons from life itself..
Indeed your not the girl I used to know, if you were then you have failed to learn your lessons👌
Nice poem❤
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Zizy Mena 26 NovInteresting analysis
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ifeoma enudu 26 NovNothing can be worse and deadly like a fake affection. Its full of lies and deciets.
Walking away from it, is never a thing of regret but is a bold walk to freedom, to live again.
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Zizy Mena 26 NovNah! Once you find the strength to walk away from take affections, you have done yourself a whole lot of good.