Hello Softballgirl333! Welcome to YWS~ Katja here to review your poem "My Kindness". As with all of my reviews please feel free to disregard any comments or suggestions I make, should you find them unhelpful. With that being said, let's get into this review~
Overall Thoughts
I really love your poem which seems to express sorrow and grief over a partner that left the narrator's heart shattered. They say their final goodbye to this person and conclude that they are better off without this person and likewise the person is better off without them.
The emotion and imagery especially struck me- it didn't come off as forced nor cheesy. It feels authentic and as a result, is that much more impactful.
My favorite part of your poem was:
My heart is glass
Now it has been shattered
The metaphor of your heart being glass and then shattering really wraps up the poem's subject well- the love the narrator feels for this person ended with a shattered heart. The imagery was lovely but of course very sad.
Suggestions
I recommend formatting your poem differently. I feel like if you used stanzas it would make the poem more readable... For example, using your poem...
My Kindness
Is my weakness
You took that for granted
You made me fall in love
The kind of love most girls dream of
I gave you my heart
Be gentle, I say
It’s a work of art
Careful, it can break easily
That’s what I found out today
To be clear there is nothing wrong with the way you have formatted your poem, I just feel bringing the lines closer and possibly in stanzas will help keep the reader focused. Because each line is spaced out and the style is short and choppy, I struggled a bit to stay focussed while reading. Just my personal opinion though~
My only other suggestion is to perhaps consider not capitalizing the beginning of each new line and instead only the start of the next "sentence" if that makes sense. I feel like it may read better- but again that's an opinion suggestion~
That's all I have for suggestions!

Summary
Your poem expresses heartbreak using strong imagery and packs in the emotion very well. I like the short/choppy style which pairs well with the subject. Possibly changing the format would help make your poem more readable. Other than that, I have no major suggestions for you.

I hope my review was helpful and I look forward to reading more of your work soon!
Keep Writing,
~Katja
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