You said you wanted something casual,
Something simple, no strings, just natural.
But I wasn\u2019t ready for that game,
Tired of feeling like just a name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been hurt too many times before,
And now my heart won\u2019t take it anymore.
The last thing I want this year to be,
Is someone\u2019s backup, can\u2019t you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It wasn\u2019t easy to accept the truth,
To swallow the pain, rebuild my youth.
Your reasons? Sure, they made sense,
But my heart still built a heavy defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been holding on to expectations,
Dreams too high, without foundations.
I know now it\u2019s time to let them go,
To plant my feet and take it slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No need to apologize, no need to regret,
Every step forward, I\u2019ll never forget.
Life isn\u2019t fair; it wasn\u2019t meant to be,
But every chapter shapes what we see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You weren\u2019t a mistake; you were a sign,
A moment, a lesson, a story in mine.
We\u2019re still friends that\u2019s what we said,
But boundaries now protect my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without them, someone always breaks,
And my heart can\u2019t take those stakes.
Your reasons were valid; I won\u2019t deny,
But holding on means I\u2019m living a lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d be in a relationship all by myself,
Fighting for someone, ignoring my health.
So here I am, learning to walk away,
Hoping for peace at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Letting go isn\u2019t easy, it never will be,
But clinging to pain only drowns me.
I see you smiling, moving on with ease,
While I sit here, begging my heart to freeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, I\u2019m choosing me,
My worth, my peace, my destiny.
It\u2019s not selfish; it\u2019s how I\u2019ll grow,
To love myself, to let the hurt go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day, I\u2019ll look back and understand,
Why life didn\u2019t go exactly as planned.
For now, I\u2019ll take it one step, one breath,
And learn to rise from every death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because this? This is my story to tell,
And I\u2019m done staying trapped in this shell.
The weight will lift, the path will clear,
And I\u2019ll keep moving, without the fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congrats to me, my heart set free,
Writing my next chapter, just wait and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You said you wanted something casual,Something simple, no strings, just natural.But I wasn\u2019t ready for that game,Tired of feeling like just a name. I\u2019ve been hurt too many times before,And now my heart won\u2019t take it anymore.The last thing I want this year to be,Is someone\u2019s backup, can\u2019t you see? It wasn\u2019t easy to accept […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121,97,25,98],"tags":[35,49,67,50,61,55,53,22,48],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem","category-poetry","category-solitude","category-storytime","tag-poems","tag-poetess","tag-preciousowoko","tag-spokenword","tag-spokenwords","tag-stories","tag-story","tag-walkingshadowpoetry","tag-walkingshadowpoetrykenya"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t