Best Thing I Ever Did

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Your words cut me like the razor blade I used to cut myself in places no one can see.

The way you so easily say hateful things makes me think you do it for sport.

You love when I react because that just adds fuel to your fire.

So go on and continue spewing your shit, because that’s all it is.

You are a weak being with a mean soul.

The best thing I ever did was to walk away from you.

Never once did you build me up, you only weakened my foundation with every verbal blow you threw.

Yet I survived you, and not being around you anymore is priceless.

— Nicole Barden 5/4/2021

Originally published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself on Medium