you ever notice how some people never actually apologize? they just start acting normal, hoping enough time will pass for you to forget what they did. but pretending nothing happened doesn’t erase the hurt, and silence isn’t the same as accountability.
and suddenly you're 26-27 sitting alone in your room, parents are old, your siblings are married and busy with their own families and there's no one you can talk to and no one checks on you.
what is it called — loneliness or freedom. whatever it is, it is heavy.