You shouldn’t

You shouldn’t like those who hurt you, ever. You shouldn’t give second chances to those who clearly only ask for them out of sadistic interests. You shouldn’t expect education from someone who treats you stupidly. You shouldn’t expect affection from someone who doesn’t respect you. You shouldn’t believe so much in people’s honesty just because you yourself have a good heart. You shouldn’t blame yourself for doing so much in a place that didn’t offer you the least. You shouldn’t have to carry regret like a scar to be healed. You shouldn’t have to wait for retraction from those who only try to hurt you. You shouldn’t have to squeeze yourself to fit another’s desire. You shouldn’t make yourself interesting to the one who isn’t interested. You shouldn’t want for both of us. You shouldn’t fight when the battle is already lost. You shouldn’t stand by the one who tried to hurt you. You shouldn’t make yourself present to the one who returns you absence. You shouldn’t feel the things you feel, but it’s inevitable to escape. You shouldn’t have to wait for a divine sign. You shouldn’t need to dialogue with those who aren’t willing to listen. You shouldn’t plumb your depth to those who can’t swim. You should not strive to go beyond for those who treat you as someone to be lost. You should not situate carnal relationships in a place they do not occupy. You should not ignore your intuition. You should not cling to the one who does not know how to give and receive affection. You shouldn’t think that the person who chose to lose you was a great event. You shouldn’t miss them. You shouldn’t give up so much for a person who is an assault on your energy. You shouldn’t feel sad simply by remembering. You shouldn’t have to so many things, but you end up being, because you naturally see the good side to where there isn’t. Don’t judge yourself, what was within your power has already been done. What’s past is past. Love alone is not capable of anything, this is a feeling that needs action, otherwise it falls asleep and dies. Help yourself, no emotional cane will last if you hide from yourself. If it wasn’t reciprocated, that’s too bad, but we can’t control other people’s decisions and we don’t have the power or the right to interfere with that. You are safe, you should think about it more, you should fall back in love with yourself, you should be grateful to be free of that which would only bring you existential bitterness, but while that is not in its entirety, enjoy the process. I swear you are safe now and that is your blessing. - T.N