Thank You to My ( )

you’ve hurt me

more times than I can count.

thank you.

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without you

I would not be the person who cries

for unknown pain.

without you

I would not be the person who believes

in the wisdom of words.

without you

I would not be the person I am.

~

when I most wish you would leave

you remain the longest.

thank you.

~

without you

I would not be the girl who understands

suffering.

without you

I would not know how to find light

in the blackest dark.

without you

I would not know the beauty of

quiet.

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I’ve spent so much time fighting you.

yet what I fought most is also

who I am.

part of me.

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without you—without you I would not

be myself.

Because of you

I am the girl who finds beauty

in pain, love

in hurt, joy

in fear,

gratitude, for every wounded part.

~

Because of you, I know who I am,

and who I am not.

more clearly than I could have ever imagined.

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this is not a love letter.

I do not love you.

~

Yet, I know to thank you, now.

because, because of you

I am

who I am meant to be.