crisp hazel
Why should I change
for someone who never cared
to understand what breaks me?
You called my emotions “too much,”
but never asked why they burned so deep.
You wanted my softness
without the story behind it.
I bent myself in half
to make you comfortable,
but you never once reached
to meet me halfway.
So no — I won’t change for you.
I’ve learned that peace isn’t found
in being smaller for someone else.
If my heart is too loud for your quiet,
then I’ll leave the room —
not to silence it,
but to let it finally be heard.
open cliff