Project of a Lifetime By Taylor Dibbert

He underestimated
The damage that
The gaslighter
Had done,
She told him she was
Getting better
And healing up,
She told him
That the gaslighter
Was firmly in the
Rearview mirror,
Where ex-husbands belong,
And now that he’s
An ex-husband,
He knows that
The reality
Was always
Far more complicated
And that
Recovering from
A toxic relationship
Is the project
Of a lifetime.

Taylor Dibbert is a writer, journalist, and poet in Washington, DC. He’s author of the Peace Corps memoir “Fiesta of Sunset,” and the forthcoming poetry collection “Home Again.”