Him by Christy Granger
Him
Christy Granger
This wasn’t supposed to happen
You were not supposed to happen
What a special ability you have
I do not trust easily
I do not trust at all
I gave up on love years ago
It was not for me
The torture it brought was too much for me
Here I am
What is happening
This is not like me
I will not fall for anyone ever again
I am a strong independent woman
What do i need a man for
For the way you make me feel
Never in my life has this happened to me
I would like to say it had
What a foreign concept
Safe
I have never really felt safe
Calm
What is that
Trust
How do I trust you so completely
This doesn’t make sense
How did you do that with such ease
I do not love
I do not like
I do not trust
Love was for suckers
I had no time for it at all
Maybe I trust men after all
Maybe I don’t hate all of them
Maye they don’t all hate me
Maybe they don’t all want to hurt me
My experiences with men have never been good
Just once I wish they were
More from Christy Granger ↓
- @christysdigitalhaven on Instagram
- Her book, Broken By Beauty: The Beauty of Broken Bonds, is out now.
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Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice. If you want to join: Listen to a poem from the month of April on One Poem Only, then write your own in response. I will pick one for each day to read in June for a special series: One Poem After 🍎🍏 Submissions close May 15.
