RELATIONSHIP Poem by Tatianna Salisbury

I don’t think I forgive,
And I certainly don’t forget.
That makes me impossible to love.
When you hurt me, I took that pain, placed it in the center of my chest, and wrapped my arms around my body.
I held everything in. And I didn’t let it go. I screamed at you from that dark room in my heart. But you couldn’t hear me because no sound left my lips.
Can’t you see what you’ve done?
Tell me you’re sorry.
Tell me you’re sorry.
Tell me a million times.
Tell me until I start to believe you, so I peek my head out of the doorframe,
So I loosen my grip.
But you know apologies will never be enough to knock those walls down.
I’ve trapped myself in a prison with concrete walls.
And the truth we both have to face,
Is I like it here,
And I feel safer here than I ever did with you.

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