You were supposed to be my safe place but loving you felt like walking barefoot through glass.
I didn’t realize it at first. You made me believe that love was supposed to ache, that silence meant peace, that apology meant change. I held on, thinking if I loved you harder, you’d love me right.
But you didn’t.
And now, I’m learning to forgive you not because you deserve it, but because I deserve to heal.
Unsent Messages
1. I kept waiting for you to become the person you promised you were. You never did.
2. You said I was too emotional. I wish you’d known I only cried because I cared.
3. I thought if I loved you enough, you’d stop hurting me. I was wrong.
4. You broke me so gently that I almost thanked you for it.
5. I replay every argument in my head, still trying to understand how love turned into fear.
6. You made me feel small and I let you, because I thought that was love.
7. I still find myself apologizing for things you did.
8. I hate that part of me still misses you, even after everything you took.
9. You’ll never read this, but I hope someday you realize the damage you left behind.
10. I forgive you, but I’ll never forget the way you made me forget myself.
Closing Thoughts
You taught me that love without kindness isn’t love at all.
I don’t hate you anymore, the anger burned out long ago, leaving only quiet acceptance. I see now that losing you wasn’t my punishment, it was my freedom.
Maybe one day you’ll understand what you had and what you lost.
Until then, I’ll keep forgiving you in silence not for you, but for the person I became after you broke me.