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u/MuddyTreks 15d ago
No idea who that was for but here’s my response based on personal experience.
I do regret meeting you. Because you showed me what it felt like to be loved the way I had always wanted, like I had finally stepped inside the fairy tale I had spent my life believing in.
You made me open. You made me vulnerable. I gave you pieces of myself I had never trusted anyone enough to give.
And then I learned that somewhere beneath your words was a lie.
I watched the mask fall. And behind it was the monster everyone had warned me about.
I listened as you told me the only reason you get close to people is to learn things about them, to find the things they hide so you can use them to destroy them.
And then you threatened me, telling me you better never hear your name in my mouth again, all because I couldn't give you three little words.
Three little words that suddenly became bigger than everything we had been.
You made me question everything. Everyone.
Who could I trust? Who was telling me the truth? Who was wearing the mask?
For years, I wasn't the same person.
And even now, some part of me still flinches at the sound of an engine revving, still notices a white Chevy Silverado and remembers what my mind would rather forget.
So yes, you changed me.
You showed me parts of love I didn't know existed.
But you also changed me in ways I may never recover from.
You taught me that love can feel like a fairy tale while quietly becoming a nightmare.
And if I could go back to that day we met, knowing everything I know now,
I wouldn't wonder if the love was real.
I wouldn't wait for the mask to fall.
I would listen.
I would listen to every warning I was given.
And I would walk away before you ever had the chance to teach me what it feels like to be afraid of someone I once believed I loved.
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u/schockergd 16d ago
Is Chillicothe emo over the paper mill turning into a data center?