"why did you stop
loving him?"
they ask
"did he hurt you?"
no,
he didn't—
he didn't do anything,
not to me...
i simply
decided
to give my love
to myself
instead
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Free Bird
PoetryThis book is a journey: my journey, to learn my flight. I write this as someone who is searching for freedom, and who is looking to find it in whatever journey full of discoveries these poems take me on. I know I have always had wings. Now, it is...
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"why did you stop
loving him?"
they ask
"did he hurt you?"
no,
he didn't—
he didn't do anything,
not to me...
i simply
decided
to give my love
to myself
instead