Best Poems Written by Azzahrah Andrianti

it was never love, just imbalance

i used to think
loving you too much
was romantic.

now i see—
it was me
giving away parts of myself
like clearance items,
hoping you’d find value
in something
i had already discounted.

you thought my devotion
was desperation.

you watched me fold
into smaller versions of myself
just to fit your world.

and when i broke,
you called me dramatic.

but i wasn’t asking for too much.

i was just asking you
to notice
that i gave everything
and asked
for almost nothing.

now,
i look at who i was with you—
and i forgive her.

she didn’t know
love isn’t supposed to
humiliate.

Copyright © Azzahrah Andrianti | Year Posted 2025