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You Have My Gratitude

Was it my heart you broke or my ego?

Colleen Millsteed
2 min readNov 27, 2021
You Have My Gratitude. Was it my heart you broke or my ego? A Poem written by Colleen Millsteed.
Photo by Christopher Beloch on Unsplash

After the terrible week I’ve had this week
I decided to concentrate on my gratitude,
And it got me seriously thinking of you
The guys I have loved with any magnitude.

The bulk of you only lasted a few months
Or for some maybe even a year or two,
When we break, I’ve often wondered
Was it my heart you broke or my ego too?

I start to question, did I actually love you
And I can quickly answer yes it was true,
It hurt immensely when we did finally part
And for a short period I was feeling blue.

Delving deeper, I realised it was never our love
That I was often searching high and low for,
It was never that earth shattering, deep seated
Powerful heart stopping love, that I adore.

So for you I share my deepest gratitude
You saved me from a dissatisfied love affair,
We were one that didn’t sustain us for long
Leaving me free to find love elsewhere.

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Colleen Millsteed
Colleen Millsteed

Written by Colleen Millsteed

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.

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