Seventeen

tell it to yourself.

you know that thing? that thing you keep telling them to do only because they keep not doing it? what you’ve been telling your friends over and over because it keeps happening and happening? that thing that turns you into that version of you? and you know you enjoy it a little bit; don’t lie. everyone loves to be right about something.

it’s that thing you’ve been saying for years now. you’ve been telling anyone who will listen and you’ve been trying to explain it to that person who still can’t and won’t ever understand. that thing that was bothering you so much that you even told it to your kid? you know which thing. that thing.

tell it to yourself. get yourself alone and say it aloud. as many times as you have to. until you can hear it. until it sinks in. and then stop. it’s probably not even your thing. it doesn’t even belong to you. and you know what? they heard you. they know how you feel about it. you told them to choose and they chose their bullshit over you.

so no more talking about it. no more talking about the problem. no more talking about the solution; it’s time to be about it. you think people haven’t been listening to you? you haven’t been listening to you. that’s what’s been hurting your feelings. leave it alone and find the solution within you.