💌 Dear You, I Forgive You
This isn’t easy.
I’ve rewritten the first line more times than I care to admit.
Because forgiveness isn’t a moment.
It’s a thousand choices.
And this letter is just one of them.
But still—
I forgive you.
Not because what you did didn’t matter.
Not because I’m over it.
Not because I’ve forgotten.
But because I’m tired of holding this ache
like it’s the only thing that knows my name.
You hurt me.
In ways I didn’t know how to say out loud at the time.
In ways I tried to excuse, or soften, or justify.
I held the weight of your silence.
Your sharpness.
Your absence.
Your inability to choose me.
I shaped my self-worth around your approval
and called it love.
But I can’t keep doing that.
I won’t.
Not to let you off the hook—
but to unhook myself.
From bitterness.
From longing.
From waiting for an apology that may never come.
I forgive you
because I want room in my heart
for better things.
I want room for healing.
For peace.
For the soft things you didn’t teach me how to hold.
I don’t know who you are now.
I don’t know if you think of me.
But this forgiveness—
it’s not for you anymore.
It’s for the girl who lost too much time
trying to carry something that never belonged to her.
And I’m walking forward now.