DEEPENING
Its hard letting go
Of someone you love
Despite the chaos
Turmoil
Pain
Of abuse
Wilfully done
To tame
Even against non-consent
Shouted down protests
And the anger
Conditioning
Controlling
Limerence
Trauma bonding
Unable to let go
Of the attachment
Which the same person
And her flying monkeys
Describe as a disorder
Refuse to accept accountability
Knowing gleefully
She did this to me
On purpose
To stop me escaping
After months of no contact
The need to be with her
Is constant
My mind and the advice
Of therapists, counsellors, friends, experts
Is have nothing to do with her
Be grateful I got out
They cannot understand
How badly I need to be with her
How constant the thoughts of her are
Hoping she is okay
Missing her
Is physical pain
Emotional and mental anguish
For most of the year
She was hell to be with
Stress based
I had two breakdowns in that time
Because of her behaviour
I rebuilt myself
Stronger than ever
And yet
I cannot let go
She has done this to other men
There is a network of us
She justifies it by saying
She is fed up of being dumped
And yet
It is exactly why we dump her
And it is exactly why we can’t
Move on
Get on with our own lives
Long after she is already
Onto the next man
The love for her is such
We accept that about her
The time it takes
For attachment to soften
For distraction to take us
And perhaps
To meet someone else
Who can fuck some sense into us
The way she never did
But always promised to
And left us hoping
She still might
I want her back
She does this
For understanding
To share how it feels
That so many of us
Have done this to her
Thus
Total power exchange
And a trail of broken people
This is not love
Neither was it asked for
But it is a deepening
And we will heal
Before she does
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