When Love Forgets How to Breathe

Hello Hivers

It all started with a simple thought and before I knew it, I was uncovering something worth sharing with you today. So, let’s begin.

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They say, Never go looking for what you are not ready to find. Some truths don’t set you free rather they break you in silence.

I wasn’t searching, I wasn’t ready to ruin my peace but that evening, curiosity shook hands with intuition and my whole world shifted.

From that night, our love started bleeding in places no bandage could cover.
The laughter faded, the light in your eyes dimmed and suddenly, the silence that once felt safe became suffocating.

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Insecurity slipped in like a shadow.
Dishonesty crashed in like a storm.
And trust? It packed its bags and left without a goodbye.

I tried to hold on, God knows I did. I swear I fought for us.
I kept pretending we were still okay, still us. But the hardest part isn’t watching someone change, it’s realizing they were never who you thought they were.

You were still there for me in your own way but I couldn’t trust you for even a single minute.
Still, I told myself nobody is perfect maybe forgiveness could patch us but if a man can forgive, can a man ever really forget?

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Every day, I lost a little more of you and a little more of myself until there was nothing left to fight for.
Just two people standing in the ruins of something that once felt like forever.

Sometimes, love doesn’t die but it just forgets how to breathe.

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My intentions for you were always pure not because I expected something in return but because I believed you deserved that kind of love. The kind that doesn’t count what it gives. The kind that stays even when it hurts.

But maybe that’s the most painful part, wanting to stay for someone who already walked away.

Because sometimes, love isn’t enough to make someone stay and no matter how much I tried to be your safe space, your peace, your person, you still looked for comfort elsewhere.

Still closed the door I was holding open.

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So if I end up just a quiet presence in the background of your life, know this, I will still be silently cheering for you. Still wanting the best for you. Even if it means I am not the one standing beside you in the end.
Because my love was never about possession, it was about presence.

Even if you never need me the way I needed you, I hope you remember there was once someone who would have walked through fire just to see you smile.

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But the truth?
Even with all my love, intentions and care, I was never enough to keep you.

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It breaks me to admit this, I dreamed of forever with you but nothing feels the same anymore.

Day by day, sadness creeps in.
At night, I drown in my thoughts.
I have cried until my chest ached.
I let you see my fears, my wounds
And you turned each one into another reason for me to hurt.

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Still, I will be me, I will never change because of anyone.
We are two buses going in opposite directions, our years together were just a crossing path.

I appreciate the role you played in my life but I can’t trust you with my future.

So here it is, my goodbye 👋

I said I would ghost you if I couldn’t take the pain anymore and here I am, keeping my word.
This is the last of it, I won’t pop up again in your life.

I hope the best for you.
And even from far away
I will remain your quiet supporter.

The one who would have walked through fire.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to read through my post. I truly appreciate you being here and sharing in this space with me, until next time, stay inspired and keep shining 🤗❤️🫶

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