i once loved
someone who kept saying…
“be smaller. now smaller, still.“
but as small as i made myself,
it was never, ever small enough.
because my light was never the problem…
their own darkness was.
so the next time i love,
i want to love someone who says…
“brighter. now brighter, still…
you could never, ever shine too much.”
– butterflies rising
Published on February 14, 2024, the butterflies rising poem ‘i once loved someone who kept saying… “be smaller. now smaller, still.‘, was written about a past relationship where he tried to keep her small, and how it was because of his own insecurities, and when she loves again she wants to be with someone who wants her to shine bright.
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