(trigger warning.)

When he texted, “K*ll yourself.”

That space where I had held hope filled with dirt.

Incapable of an honest relationship (not even with himself)

Unwittingly affirmed (my trusted inner voice), ‘He’s a coward and a bully, with a heart full of hurt.’

~ Just L (September 7, 2023)

“Love is no assignment for cowards” – Ovid

See also The Dangers of Loving a Coward by Jeanine Rivera.