My fellow inmates and I know how to escape. What we don’t know, however, is the consequences behind saying those three simple yet ever-so-life-changing words that will forever open those prison bar doors.
Maybe I was so used to the pain that I was afraid to be happy. Being happy meant making choices I wasn’t used to making.
I learned how to show myself compassion. I learned how to reach out for help.
The monsters in your mind are making you think we are conspiring against you. But we are rooting for you.
It was probably a good thing that your name didn’t come up in conversation, but I found myself wishing you had.
I’m sorry, not because I’m not enough, but because you are too blind to realize how hard I’ve tried for you and how much effort I’ve put into this one-sided relationship.
I knew it was you. You weren’t ready, or maybe you knew I wasn’t.
When you go through your first heartbreak, all the moments you shared with that person replay through your mind on a constant loop.
I feel like I was in a glass box all my life, and now that I’ve broken that glass, I feel so free.
As this year ends, promise to pick yourself up, face every day, leave the past behind you, and try your best to forgive those that hurt you.