Lessons
I stopped asking for better
when I discovered
that it wasnβt something
I would ever receive;
I stopped giving second chances,
when after the third,
fourth,
fifth time,
I realised
it would be easier just to leave;
I stopped opening my heart
when all it resulted in was pain;
I stopped extending my trust
when I was taught
that it would only be broken again;
Iβve been shaped by
a lifetime of disappointmentβ
of hurt and of regretβ
and although I may have forgiven,
I will never, ever forget. Just a few of the things that we learn from life.
Jo xo
Among the bones of sorrow,
Burns the light of knowing,
Written in blood and marrow.
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Not an abduction,
But a weariness of the constant loss,
The disappointment you always carry.
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There are those who care,
Those who have stepped back
To give you space, tired.
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Waiting aboard their vessel,
Waiting for an invitation,
A compass to follow.
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Send a flare, bright sparks in the sky,
A way to find you,
The ship leaves dock tonight.
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~ E.S.
You have so powerfully and painfully captured the exact moment survival turns into armor, tracing the quiet, heartbreaking boundary where giving up on others becomes the only way to save yourself β¨