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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