Dear You Who Thought Possession Meant Protection,
#MistakenAffection #ControlIsNotCare
You believed the way they checked on you constantly44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFlDx7vLLi
meant they loved you deeply.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCr4gYL1xh
That the way they asked where you were,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMKxzL6jrx
who you were with,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJWVzz4sUh
what you were doing44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnNi2yAPhc
—all the time—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnigoLe5gzP
meant you mattered.
And when they got angry when you didn't reply fast enough...44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsV7LeiTgk
You told yourself,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAjQVloW4N
At least someone wants me.
You didn't see it then, but I know now—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y3WjaftUs
that wasn't care.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZT4K81T36h
That was fear dressed up as affection.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDhSy2cxvG
That was insecurity, not love.
You were so desperate to be seen44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLqTQkTbzP
that you didn't notice how their gaze became a cage.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdd5hucP8Q2
So eager to be needed44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf68IhUW3Lg
that you called their control "attention."44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjx86AJCUvE
So used to shrinking44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW6sWtPqoh
that you confused silence with safety.
You thought love was about sacrifice,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdjJv3tguh
so you gave up your freedom,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHAjGJJZn0
your voice,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtLBJWgynU
your boundaries.
But listen to me:44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHmWMefznF
Real love doesn't suffocate.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMGBOlU5t7
It doesn't monitor you like a prisoner.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBxAZdYeqK
It doesn't guilt you into obedience,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Nz7SurNPg
doesn't twist your independence into betrayal.
You were a teenager learning to love,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AwPhKOEDE
but no one taught you44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONs9kwvwKK
that love shouldn't hurt your sense of self.
They made you believe44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE5BOP2U4f
jealousy was flattering44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIUGbFIR2y
and control was protection.
But you survived that illusion.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdYuuSYbXP
And now you know better.
You are not someone to be managed.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4sQu4O9Te
You are someone to be trusted.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QFhGIqTzm
You are not a possession to be held tight—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7VYrlks7J
you are a person to be held gently.
They didn't love you.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkRAeQFu5b
They just didn't want to lose their grip.
And you?44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn1l3brn0F
You don't need to be held like that ever again.
With strength that came too late but never too little,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UWFheZJ6N
—From the you who now knows the difference between being caged and being cherished
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