AFTER THE LOVE-BOMBING STOPS

Mantra of a Narcissist’s Handmaid

Sorry can never be sorry enough

Elle Fredine
Garden of Neuro
Published in
2 min readMar 22, 2024

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Beautiful young woman weeping bloody tears
Photo by Chaozzy Lin on Unsplash

I’m sorry;
I will never measure up

I’m sorry;
Nothing I do or say will ever be good enough

No praise ever won on merit
No word of thanks, save what is begged
No acknowledgment of…

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Elle Fredine
Garden of Neuro

West-Coaster, born and bred; Weekly Tales in fiction, dark/horror/fantasy, poetry, humor, feminism, writing, relationships, and love