Tag: mental abuse
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[terminal]
they say it’s over.but my body still flincheslike it’s not.like the break-upnever left the room. grief doesn’t always howl.sometimes it just lingersin the same clothesyou wore when the story broke. they called it heartbreak.i called it survivalwith a limp.they called me dramatic.i called it remembering too well.they called it the past.i called it current events. you…
amelia james poetry
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[trojan horse]
they didn’t believe her.not when she cried.not when she begged.not when she said,“this isn’t just in my head.” they told her to move on.to stop making it worse.to let it go. but you didn’t let it go, did you? you picked up her storywhile she was still living it.scratched your nameinto pages that weren’t yoursand…
amelia james poetry
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[enough]
i think the worst partwas how subtle it was.how you changed just enoughto make me second-guess myself.how the distance came in inches,not miles.how you said all the right thingsbut started meaning them less. you thought i wouldn’t notice—the shift.the pauses.the way your storiesgot softer around her nameand sharper around mine. you kept sayingyou loved me.and…
amelia james poetry
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[brave]
you called me bravewhen i stood by you.when i fought for us.when i swallowed my doubtsand made excuses for your distance. you said i had this strengthyou’d never seen before—how i held things togetherwhile you slowly let go.how i kept believing youeven when your stories didn’t line up. but the second i stood upfor myself—the…
amelia james poetry
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[unraveling]
it didn’t happen all at once.losing your grip rarely does.it’s not one moment—it’s hundreds.small fractures. tiny rewrites.she stepped into a story that wasn’t hers to finish,picked up promises still warm from my hands. the first time i noticed, it was…the subtle backtracking.Denials slipped in like casual conversation.“oh, i never said that,”even though i remembered the…
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