#𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞

all of your flaws are becoming more apparent than ever. maybe it was my fault for thinking i could still be friends with a man i hadn’t fully fallen out of love with. maybe it was my fault for overlooking the red flags, for making excuses, for clinging to potential instead of reality. but i was in love. and although i may still be, in some quiet, buried way, i no longer see you as someone i could ever have a future with. i think about how you wronged me while fully knowing how i felt. how even after you hurt me, i still settled for friendship. i still tried to be present, still offered grace, still reached out when i shouldn’t have. and now, the more space i get, the more clearly i can see: i can’t stand you. not out of bitterness, but from clarity. the kind that comes when you stop romanticizing what someone gave and start acknowledging what they took.