cower
unhinged
like
ripples
on
water
six_months_ago
i
finally
made
the
decision
to
let_it_all_go
you
us
me
in
light
of
you
,
us
you
have
refused
you
don't
respect
me
or
my
decision
you
called
,
leaving
messages
laced
with
emotional_blackmail
(
maybe
i
clung
to
you
for
so
long
because
you
fed
my
inferiority
complex
)
you
always
argued
'
i
never
hit
you
,
i
never
stole
from
you'
your_voice
replayed
as
:
'
you
are
a
bad
person'
me
a
bad
person
like
ripples
on
water
like
dominoes
tumbling
over
one
after
the
other
back
to
the
little
girl
in
me
that
always
tried
so
hard
to
make
every
single
person
in
my
life
happy
so
yeah
you
never
hit
me
but
part
of
me
would
have
preferred
a
black
eye
to
the
shame
and
guilt
eventually
the
calls
tapered
off
because
i
steadfast
ly
ignored
you
and
just
the
other
day
after
months
of
silence
again
you
called
why
don't
you
just
block
his
number
?
i
see
you
called
my
stomach
tightens
i
close
my
eyes
bracing
myself
for
another
emotional
verbal
blow
that
never
comes
i
don't
block
your
number
because
i
am
afraid
afraid
that
if
i
do
you
will
just
call
from
a
different
number
in
a
tirade
of
explosive
anger
to
let
me
know
what
a
horrible
person
i
am
for
being
too
exhausted
to
care
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
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