I’ve been broken

I’ve been broken.

I’ve been broken by a man who said he loved me.

A man who made me feel insecure and weak.

And what did I do...

I stayed.

And I loved him.

What did that do to me?

It crushed me.

It crushed me so bad that I felt limp.

As if I couldn’t walk, when all I wanted to do was run.

Everything inside of me screamed at me to leave.

But what did I do...

I stayed.

I stayed until I couldn’t stay any longer.

I stayed until I was broken so terribly that their was a million pieces of my heart that were shattered like glass.

But when I left...

I felt free.

I learned to love myself again.

I found the courage to get up and run and it was liberating.

I loved him.

And a part of me will always love him.

But I had to love me more.

Because I’ve been broken.

And I didn’t want to be broken no more.