Drifting Away From You

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The difference between me and you was how deeply I loved; It’s a beautiful thing to love someone so intensely than to guard yourself with armor. I immersed all of myself into you. I felt the absence of you with a heavyweight on my chest when you were gone, while you never spared a thought on me.

When this dawned on me, it felt like my limbs were being ripped apart piece by piece. I had to let you go. Those words felt like poison spewing out of my mouth but I had to cleanse myself from your toxicity. I had to learn to love myself more deeply from the scarcity of love you gave me.