I’d never tell you this. My pride aside, I worry and wonder myself to madness.
I worry I’m not good enough for you; I wonder what it is that made you stay all these months.
I pull away. I lie beside you in silence because I know the tears will begin to stream the moment I utter a word. I withdraw myself from you for a day or two.
You think it’s something to do with you, you think it’s something you said recently. You wish I’d just talk sometimes.
Maybe even scream, to let it out.
And here I am, writing it in yet another letter I’d never, ever send to you.
Sometimes I think of leaving – not just you, the town as a whole – to start over; but this was me starting over, in a place far away from home. I even think about going back home.
There’s only so many chances you get to start over, to escape. And I got mine.
Maybe it’s my escapist tendencies or underlying insecurities or fears creeping from previous relationships.
I wish I could be like her – the one who deserves you, the one who is more than enough. Maybe she’s brave, and bold, and doesn’t let emotions drive her. Maybe she shows she cares and says ‘I love you’ fearlessly. And you’d like her, for everything she’d give you that I couldn’t.
I hope you know, I do too – I love you. I hope you know I try to be who you should be with.
But I’m crumbling underneath this disguise.
Such brilliant expression. So full of emotion and poignancy.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Emily and I co-founded a collective called the Literati Mafia (theliteratimafia.com) I really like how you express yourself and was wondering if you’d like to write for us. Please let me know how to get in touch with you if you’re interested.
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oh. lovely!!
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Thank you!
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I get this feeling. I could sure dedicate it to someone
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I think we all feel this way at some point, but just know that you’re enough. You’re BEYOND just enough.
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This was so beautiful, such emotion in every word.
Al
https://wordpress.com/view/alstakeonit.wordpress.com
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Thank you so much! 🙂 Glad you liked it
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