When you said i deserve better but i still chose you when you said 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 ...