Participant Profile

                                
Title: "Not Yours, But Mine"
I didn’t think it would end like this
With silence where your voice once lived.
You faded, slowly.
Stopped choosing me.
You said, “You’re not my mate.”
Say it again.
Let it crack me open wide enough
For truth to seep in.
I gave you all of me
Not perfect, but real.
And you made me feel small,
Like I should be grateful you ever looked my way.
But real love doesn’t reduce. It raises.
I’m done pouring into emptiness.
I may not be yours
But I am mine.