Petty is as petty does I rarely do things just because I openly express my heart thoughts and feelings My poems and art are the beginnings of my healing I put it all on the line every single time Vulnerability is my power it’s how I shine It’s been 10 years... what I do is not foreign Every man is given a hard and honest warning You hurt me I fight back in a creative way I allow the art to express what it is I need to say Just like every “fuck you” piece this one’s loud and bold I lay it all out on the line and never withhold I fell in love with a soul I thought youthful and free The mere thought of him turned my knees weak; to jelly The compassion in me looked at his past love life with empathy Red flags were screaming this man is not ready I acknowledged them, and I moved forward willingly Instead of looking at the role he played in every story Our love bubble was everything I dreamed of but it burst pretty fast With the needle being his loose ends and selfish past Reality came flooding in and I knew I needed boundaries This man was intelligent but lacked emotional maturities I began a lonely battle with my declining mental health But all this man could focus on was his success and wealth I had to become a version of myself I never wanted to be And I had a “partner” who never took accountability This man promised to take care of my heart and not fumble He left me alone to build a relationship on baggage and rubble This man was running on a frequency different from my own I couldn’t even get the bare minimum like a call on the phone All the while I was losing my battle with a mental illness But this man only had time for good vibes money and business I wasn’t a priority and so I had to choose myself eventually Somehow that move made me his dark uncaring enemy Things got weird we both turned distant and cold But I still held on to our future of love and growing old I needed some time and space to process the drama that took place My love found time to have dalliances and move on in haste He calls himself a feminist but his history screams other wise All I see is a string of women hurt from his actions and lies (...continued in comments)