When I Met the True Her

a Poem About Being in an Abusive Relationship

Ember Forrest
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
2 min readMar 22, 2024

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Photo by Luke Braswell on Unsplash

When I met her- the true her- it was eleven pm on a Thursday night
I’ve met the true her before
And I didn’t like what I saw
So I buried it somewhere deep within my memory
Hoping it would never, ever meet me again

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Ember Forrest
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

Poet, writer of stories, aspiring screenwriter. Take a journey into my world.