09/12/2025
Thoughts of this day;
I am grateful for being the "odd one out", for never quite fitting in, for being a loner to an extent, even in a crowd.
I learned to observe. For a long time I didn't trust what I saw and chose to see the best in people even when they blatantly were not what they were pretending to be. Slowly, I learned to trust what I was seeing over what they said. Slowly I learned to find my voice. And when I found my voice I found my feet.
I've never been one to easily cut people off; if anything I stay too long and hope too long. But I have learned that there is great freedom in starting over without the kind of people that love to hear how badly things are going because it's easy for them to say "aaaah shame".. THOSE people are not the same ones who celebrate your wins.
So now, I treasure my relationships, but I am no longer afraid to sever with finality if push comes to shove. The only people I want around me are real people; the ones you cry with and laugh with, the ones who own up to mistakes and who can handle yours. The ones you can be honest with, and who will be honest with you.
Give me deep. I have swam too long in shallow waters and almost drowned. There's more air in the depths, in breathing in the depth and letting the oxygen seep through weary lungs.
Give me deep. I have swam too long in shadow waters.