His silence

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His silence meant he didn't care.

His silence meant he didn't regret.

His silence meant he believed her
- instead of me.

For the sixth time, I said it.
The words that became so accustomed to my brain.
The words that I've always used whenever I felt drained.

"I'm done."

And I walked away.
I was the sun fleeing to the mountains and allowed all the warm colors to dissipate in its absence.
Leaving everything grey and colorless.

And you know what I thought would become colorless without me?
The one who I thought needed me.
The one I thought couldn't live without me.

But you see,
Turns out I was wrong.
I wasn't strong
To handle that knowledge,
Not strong enough to handle this all again.

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