Layla Riley-Hill Poet Free verse

The art of letting go

She wouldn't let the guilt warp her mind into believing its perception of her
She knew who she was
And she was is a girl who's been deeply hurt
She knew deep down no one was coming to save her 
That she would have to see herself 
Hear herself 
And listen to her self 

The pain ached
It felt like a slow death
But she knew it would be slower
More painful 
If she didn't take a deep breath
Get up
And work on loving herself

She could sit in the pain
But not allow it to swallow her 
To trap her in this never ending story
Of the emotions raging inside her
Begging to be released 

Her pain was her comfort 
Something that got her like no other 
She let it feed on her 
Draining her of all Bodily fluids
Festering in places turned rotten
And In return it gave her love
Something she hadn't received from the world 


She knew she couldn't drown in the vast sea of life
She knew she couldn't stay shackled to her grave of eternal suffering 
Waiting for her down below 
She found comfort in the idea of the safety of her pain 
Protecting her from a world that has hurt her 
A world that didn't accept her
A world that tore apart her skin colour 
A world that silenced her blackness
She understood her pain
Her anxiety 
It wanted to protect her from a society so cruel
To protect her already shattered heart
To protect her from being torn apart

She knew she had to let them rest
To tell them she didn't need need their protection 
To tell them thank you for loving her in their own special way
That she is okay
That it's time for them to go to bed
That they need not have any regrets 
Because they helped the little girl inside her
To survive 
To get by 
That they were the only thing that kept her going 
Who helped turn her into the person she was
That she loved them so much
But she had to let go
But she would never forget them

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