It takes courage to say goodbye. Telling someone you love that you deserve better than what you are receiving takes major balls.
Self respect is something that not everyone has, and confidence in oneself is difficult but for a chosen few.
If you’ve ever been in a relationship where your partner gave you the silent treatment, you’re probably well versed and very knowledgeable about the side effects that come with it.
Tomorrow would have been my father’s 66th birthday, and as it quickly approaches I am reminded of how bittersweet that day is for me. I’m always at a loss of how to feel and am often overwhelmed with both joy and sadness.
I can’t tell you when it started.
I don’t know how it happened.
But I can tell you that I haven’t always been this way.
Jaded was a concept I didn’t quite understand.
Now it’s as much a part of me as the green eyes on my face.
I am silenced by fear.
Afraid to speak words that before you didn’t want to hear.
Terrified the same words spoken in my very same voice will propel you out of my life once more.
Therefor, I think silently like I never have before.