you returned.

stay in it.

now you see it. don’t look away.

THE Lies don’t

sound like lies.

THEY SOUND LIKE

trUth

in your own head.

IF they see the real mE I WILL LOSE CONTROL.

Facing himself — the lIE

Accepting helpthe LIE

If I let them in, they wilL SEE ME AS WEAK.

FORGIVING MYSELFthe LIE

FORGIVENESS IS ONLY FOR THE other person not me.

so you carry it

quietly and call it

STRENGTH.

It’s not,

it’s weight.

now you see the lie.