04/05/2026
You didn’t destroy me
I did that myself
You just helped me see how broken I already was
I blamed you for the anxiety, the overthinking, the spiral…… the truth is you were just the mirror
You pulled away
So I clung tighter
You needed space
So I made myself smaller
You shut down
So I got louder
You needed freedom
So I gave up my boundaries just to keep you
I thought if I could just love you harder you’d finally stay…. love isn’t meant to be forced.
And your avoidance wasn’t mine to fix
I see it clearly now….
You weren’t emotionally available
but I wasn’t emotionally safe
You ran from intimacy
and I ran from myself
You feared being engulfed
and I feared being abandoned
We were both scared
just in different directions
It took me a long time to admit this, you weren’t the reason I lost myself…. I abandoned me
Every time I begged for your attention, instead of listening to what my body was trying to tell me
Every time I made your inconsistency my personal failure
I’m not her anymore…..
The anxious girl trying to earn her place in a man’s life
I’ve done the work
I’ve sat in the grief
Felt the ache
Learned to stop performing for love
I no longer chase what hurts
I no longer stay where I’m not met
You didn’t destroy me
You cracked me open
And from the pieces, I rebuilt something sacred
A woman
Whole
Worthy
Unshakeable
Anxious no more
Rooted in self
And finally safe
not because of a man
but because of me
And I hope you’re healing too