Losing You To Love Myself
Healing is within us all, no matter how hard it may be at the time, it’s possible and rewarding. Looking back, are there things that I would have done differently? Yes, but if I did, my story wouldn't have been quite the same as it is today. This post is rather different to the rest. For a while, I’ve explored different ways of expressing how I feel, and through these different ways, I found poetry. To me, poetry isn't quite about forcing out a 20 line piece of writing with multiple stanzas and constant rhyming throughout. Poetry to me is a very artistic way to express how one feels. Poetry captures a piece of the authors heart and soul on a single sheet of paper. Below is something I recently wrote in reflection of my past love. I’ve titled it ‘Loving and Losing’ as it perfectly illustrates the time I fell in love, right through to this current moment where I’m moving on and loving who I am. The road wasn't easy, it was full of toxicity, manipulation and greed, but m...