𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑈s

who feel the same way

like I feel.

after all these things happened.

I was.

or a prescription

or a therapy session

but you can help with it.

as you are,

no slander can hurt you, and

no admiration can make you accept.

just have greater consequences than others.

But you don’t have to let that night

be the thing defines you.

many throw my life off course,

while others made no difference,

whatsoever.

𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠,

𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑,

𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒,

𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦.

𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦

𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒.

𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ,

𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦.

𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒,

𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦,

𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓,

𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦,

𝑎𝑛𝑑

𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠

𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.