The pain I felt was indescribable.
However, I no longer feel that amount of pain.
It was replaced with loneliness and a tinge of acceptance with regret.
the pain arises when you are around, but can be hidden now.
Before I was too high-strung and lacked control, but the me now is different.
I am no longer controlled by what you did to me.
I am learning to forget, because I will never forgive.
Forgiving would mean I have fully accepted what happened and sadly that isn't the case.
Forgiveness is not yet attainable. Neither is hopefulness. Civility however is.
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Kaytlynn Rae
19 F. TX.
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