Dear You Who Waited Too Long,
#StuckInTheCycle #AlmostLeft #HeldByHope
You knew.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8nVi8YriF
Long before the final breaking point,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNSHQtuNml
you felt it in your chest—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzCgKx4YBa
that hollow ache of knowing52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaSZlidR0M
you were no longer truly seen,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNJoNoJK1c
no longer really chosen.
But you stayed.
You stayed because love, in your heart, meant loyalty.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJzUMNljtP
You stayed because leaving felt like failure.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieGxMghB0a
You stayed because you kept hoping that52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHxwDOdkET
maybe one more compromise,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRmk3aFgZc
one more understanding,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnfq7KyPqo
one more chance...52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HXw3SDs0F
would make them love you better.
But all it did was slowly unlove yourself.
I know how exhausted you were—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGLzC2otOQ
constantly silencing your truth52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdiV8FZJ0v
so someone else could speak louder.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vbZrgLVZz
Shrinking your needs52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOCP71CcNa
so theirs could be prioritized.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaQc3A9NSN
Clinging to potential52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ835EwG5YIl
instead of accepting the painful present.
But hear me now:52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDxjKIEWE1
Staying wasn't your weakness.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMrugpk8sL
It was your proof of heart—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHA8PaI2Jx
how deeply you could believe in someone,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Qx9ragDCQ
even when they didn't deserve your belief.
But you didn't owe anyone your destruction52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49zV0K0ULL
just to prove your love.
You deserved to be chosen.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xeLhBzO1U
Without begging.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnSz4Ke1Y1
Without bending until you broke.
And even though you stayed too long,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwfzE848HU
you still left.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCujLZEchrV
Even if it was just internally at first.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBhShw9AyS
And that counts.
You may have arrived to your freedom late—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJq7KAqPDZQ
but you arrived.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡse3IZgfW7V
And that's all that matters now.
—From the woman who finally walked away and never looked back
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