FRACTURED SHADOWS

I counted bruises like broken promises,

Tracing the map of love that never was.

Your words were knives, your hands storms,

And I wore your anger like a second skin.

Nights whispered fear into my bones,

Sleep was a stranger, dreams a battlefield.

I begged the walls to hold my tears,

But silence only echoed your rage.

I am leaving fragments of myself behind,

Pieces scattered where your darkness thrived.

No more chains of fear, no more apologies,

Only the hollow ache of freedom gained.

I walk away with trembling resolve,

The echoes of your wrath fading behind me.

Love should never break, it should never hurt,

And I will learn to breathe in a world without you.