soft stitching

you are the reason i have been in therapy for the last two years.

two years. to stop flinching every time someone is around,

to stop losing sleep over the nightmares.

it took two years to undo what you broke inside of my heart.

and finally, it no longer feels like it will take the rest of my life

putting it back together.

i am so sorry that you were taught that love means threats, that love needs violence.

i hope one day someone teaches you that love should bring

peace to your heart, because you so desperately need to heal.