Letters I Will Never Send - Letter 11: To the woman who stayed longer than she should have

Dear You Who Waited Too Long,

#StuckInTheCycle #AlmostLeft #HeldByHope

You knew.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡby1WOnNOF8
Long before the final breaking point,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzy3u6JP0R7
you felt it in your chest—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjyB1fOGbd
that hollow ache of knowing52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusVztT5rAl
you were no longer truly seen,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqRVMS58xi
no longer really chosen.

But you stayed.

You stayed because love, in your heart, meant loyalty.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokJf7aJaH4
You stayed because leaving felt like failure.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOt67IxuYI
You stayed because you kept hoping that52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yI0SNIEOB
maybe one more compromise,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OlzrxoTVZ
one more understanding,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mPs78Hxuz
one more chance...52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fbvcrhRyq
would make them love you better.

But all it did was slowly unlove yourself.

I know how exhausted you were—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTZXpWiQlP
constantly silencing your truth52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK8mHM5VGN
so someone else could speak louder.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2EKZmb57X
Shrinking your needs52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5ZN0xI3zh
so theirs could be prioritized.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcnSCaHnBm6
Clinging to potential52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8doJuh0OSF
instead of accepting the painful present.

But hear me now:52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn5JPqMRWo
Staying wasn't your weakness.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdMqcCIN1B
It was your proof of heart—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnWFhxCJaX
how deeply you could believe in someone,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL1OSCDp3h
even when they didn't deserve your belief.

But you didn't owe anyone your destruction52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCxlexEcqy
just to prove your love.

You deserved to be chosen.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bAjYBHxWp
Without begging.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kDzRHkFoa
Without bending until you broke.

And even though you stayed too long,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfns8uOSMRS
you still left.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdM6PKKWxVR
Even if it was just internally at first.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTLGp2AHYa
And that counts.

You may have arrived to your freedom late—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQG32lFkyx
but you arrived.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKG4dXQcFao
And that's all that matters now.

—From the woman who finally walked away and never looked back

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