Maybe Love Isn't Enough

This may be unpopular, but I think 

a lot of people stay in relationships 

for the wrong reason

Not because they're happy 

Not because they're growing together 

But they're afraid of being 

the one who leaves 

We've romanticizied suffering 

We call it loyalty. We call it commitment.

We call it fighting for love.

But at what point does loyalty.

become self-destruction?

Why do people praise someone for

staying in a relationship that drains them...

Yet judge someone who finally chooses peace?

I used to think leaving meant

I didn't love you enough.

Now I wonder if staying too long meant

I didn't love myself enough

Maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe real love means never giving up:

Or maybe real love means knowing

when the story is over.

What do you think?

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