You Didn'T Know Poem by Melissa Joy Chesky

It was a predictable shock
A déjà vu sting
The familiar pain
Rushing back so readily
So suddenly it’s real again
I can’t believe you were my fairytale
How stupid of me to trust
Obvious lies fell from your mouth
And I gorged.
It fed me
It built me up, bricked my immunity
So you couldn’t hurt me much
You didn’t know
But my core grew stronger
Stonier
At every cold word
Every sharp stab
I was gone before you left
You didn’t know
That I would – overall
Be happy when you left
You parasite.
You tapeworm.
I’m done with you draining me.