You once said something to me that never really left You deserve better You did not say it in a harsh way You were not angry or frustrated You said it softly like you were trying to protect me For a long time I believed you I did not question it I did not argue I just accepted it like something that feels right but still hurts a little But silence makes you think a lot And the more I thought about your words the heavier they started to feel Because if I really deserved better why was that better never you That is the part I could never understand Because I never saw you as something less I never stayed because I was scared of being alone I never chose you because I had no other option I chose you because I wanted to Not loudly Not desperately Just clearly I chose your calm nature I chose the way you stayed quiet when things got hard I chose your distance even when I did not fully understand it I even chose the parts of you that did not let me in completely And I was okay with ...