She Felt Like Feeling Nothing

the best revenge
is realizing that you never needed
the person who hurt you

save yourself for yourself

right now

only you deserve you

look at you . . .

a heart filled with scars

a soul that’s been aching

and yet somehow

you manage to smile

any man who hurts your heart

is incapable of falling for you

she realized that wanting him
meant losing herself
she realized that she couldn’t
save her own soul
because her hands were too busy
holding the hand of someone
who no longer deserved her energy

thought it was cool to play with fire
but no one warned you that it’d burn

she held madness like a flower

i wish you knew
that in a dark sky
full of stars
you’re the only one
worth looking at
i’d sleep all day

you can’t always see it
but she’s fighting something
she’s at war within herself
and she refuses to be defeated

you should be proud of yourself
bending without breaking
falling but finding the strength
to pick yourself up
from a pit filled with broken hearts
and dreams dismantled by the lies
of those incapable
of being honest