Because I Loved You,

I laughed at your corny jokes

Because I Loved You

I let you get in my pants

Because I Loved You

I let you fuck me again and again

Because I Loved You

I decided to move in

Because I Loved You

I ignored how you started to choke me

Because I Loved You

I accpeted you apology after you left bruises

Because I Loved You

I didn't acknowledge the waiter

Because I Loved You

It was my fault that you slapped me because the waiter look at me "too" long

Because I loved You

I concealed the bruise

Because I Loved You

I accepted more beatings

Because I Loved You

I covered up under baggy clothes to conceal what was underneath

Because I loved You

I lost touch with friends

Because I Loved You

I let you manipulate my family.

Because I Love You

I let you manipulate me...

NO.

Because I love myself...

I realized it was you

I packed my shit and left

Because I love myself...

I wouldn't let you control my life

I wouldn't let you lay a hand on me again.

Because I love myself...

I reconnected my friends

I'm back with family

Because I love myself...

When I left

I wrote a note that said..

"Because I Loved You

I had to leave..

Because I Love MYSELF."