Deserve Better

I don't know
why I stayed
when I knew I deserved better.
You made me feel 
as though
I was overreacting,
and selfish.
You said I don't drown
in an ocean
I stick my face in a
puddle.
You say the waves that crash
into me
are only cars
driving over puddles.
You told me I was faking it. 
I believed you
and coped
with alcohol and drugs.
I got rid of you.
I still feel like I'm
faking, 
overreacting,
lying,
like I don't deserve better.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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