Sweater Weather

If you see beauty in something, don’t wait for others to agree.

But if I stay with you, you will consume me to the point where there is no “me” left. All that will be left is the shell of the person I used to be, which is why I am ending our relationship for good. For now I still “love” you. For now I will miss you. But in the years to come I will remember the sour taste you left in my mouth. I will realize how controlling you were. I will remember how you kept me away from friends and parties. I will remember how you forced me into actions I never perceived possible. I will remember how you made me believe I wasn’t worth love or affection – from myself or from others. In the years to come I will look back on our relationship and realize how foolish I was.