Tried

 From I Needed A Viking Poetry

"And you tried to change, didn't you?

Closed your mouth more.

Tried to be softer, prettier, less

volatile, less awake.

You can't make homes out of human

beings.

Someone should have already told you

that.

And if he wants to leave, then let him

leave.

You are terrifying, and strange, and

beautiful.

Something not everyone know how to

love."

~Warsan Shire, For Women Who Are Difficult To Love