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Finding Myself
How are you going to take my voice and expect me to speak. How are you going to beat my lungs and expect me to breathe. You broke my legs and ripped out my spine, but I taught myself how to walk. And now that I can finally walk on my own, you want me to let you back in, just so you can do it all over again. After all of the tears I've shed, lies I've been told, you want me to let you back into my life? After all of the cheating, manipulating, blaming, fighting, you expect that from me? No, you don't get to take over my life after I've finally taken control myself. You put me through hell and now it's your turn to get burned. And now that I've got my voice back, I will never let a man take it from me again. I now know that I can be more than whole and I won't let anyone make me feel any less than that.
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My name is Avery, I was born in IN and I am 15 years old. My poems are inspired by Rupi Kaur. This poem is about a past relationship that had a big effect on me and changed me in so many ways. This poem explains how broken I was and how little I felt during and after the relationship, but I realized my worth and I now know that I am enough.