you said this was love

By Sophie Eve

At first, it didn't feel like this.

It felt exciting.
Intense.
Like something you didn't want to lose.

Then slowly... something changed.

Not all at once.
Not enough to name.

Just small things.
Comments. Tone. Reactions.

Moments that made you question yourself.

You started explaining yourself more.
Apologizing more.
Trying harder.

And somehow, it was never enough.

This is what it feels like when love starts to turn into something else.

You Said This Was Love is an uncomfortably honest poetry collection about: Emotional manipulation, gaslighting, and confusionLosing your sense of reality inside a relationshipBlaming yourself for things you didn't doTrying to hold on to something that keeps hurting youThe moment you realize this isn't love... and decide to leave
This isn't about obvious endings.

It's about the slow unfolding.

The part where you stay.
Even when something feels so wrong.
Because you still believe in what it was.

Inside, you'll find poems about: Being made to feel like everything is your faultQuestioning your memory, your reactions, your truthWalking on eggshells to avoid conflictHolding onto the "good version" of someone who keeps hurting youThe quiet strength it takes to leave
And what comes after.

The silence.
The distance.
The slow return to yourself.

This book is for you if: You've been made to feel like you're always the problemYou find yourself apologizing even when you don't understand whyYou feel like you've lost who you were in a relationship You've stayed longer than you should have, hoping things would changeYou question your own memory after conversations or argumentsYou feel drained, confused, and unsure of what's realYou're trying to leave, or have already left, and are beginning to rebuild
Written for anyone who has experienced emotional harm in a relationship and is finding their way back to themselves.

You weren't imagining it.
And you can leave.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F1CGFZML
• ISBN13: 9798313205663
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"