To the One Who Hurt Me, Thank You for Teaching Me What I Deserve.

I used to carry anger toward you.

Then confusion.

Then grief.

Now I carry nothing.

You were a chapter —

one that cracked me open

and forced me to choose myself.

Thank you for the wounds that became my boundaries.

Thank you for the disappointment that became my clarity.

Thank you for the heartbreak that became my rebirth.

I don’t hate you.

I don’t want you back.

I don’t wish things were different.

I simply release you.

You were never meant to walk with me into the life I’m building now.

You were only meant to show me what I would never again accept.

And for that, truly —

thank you.