I couldn't let you love me, I couldn't let you in, I couldn't let you see. Because that would mean that it's all over. Everything I worked so hard to hide would be revealed. And, it wasn't safe. I wasn't safe. I needed to be safe.

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I couldn't let you love me, I couldn't let you in, I couldn't let you see. Because that would mean that it's all over. Everything I worked so hard to hide would be revealed. And, it wasn't safe. I wasn't safe. I needed to be safe.
No matter what happens, I'm glad we did it when we had the chance.
Your track record for getting through bad days is 100% so far.
I cannot stay with this version of you, nor can I bear the version of me what's brought to life. And together, like this— we are something we were never meant to be.
Every dark night has given way to dawn—you're undefeated by the days you've faced.
In my notes, I weave a tapestry for us: Meal plans crafted with care, whispers of our shared feast, Dates marked like constellations in our sky, Thoughts I yearn to share, each word a gentle brushstroke, Ideas unfurling, adventures waiting to be born, Recipes penned, both the triumphs and the trials. Each line, a love letter, a testament— I wrote for you, for us, in the language of dreams.
-Kurse O Doe
I am frustrated, disappointed, and aching with sorrow, because the dream you painted in golden hues— a future shimmering with promise— never became more than a mirage.
I stare blankly, dissociation, and the freeze response take over. I know I'm supposed to do something - anything, at all. But, I can't. I can't feel. I can't do. And, I won't. I know the feeling all too well. The trapped, isolated, succumbed voice that screams deep inside. Yet, it's met with the hollow sound of the echo. I hear it in the distance, but I can't go yet. Just a little longer here, just a little while longer...