Once

I once killed a plant by watering it too much.

Atter that, I started noticing how dangerous it is to

keep pouring yourself into something

that is not growing toward you.

So I kept giving. More patience.

More forgiveness.

More pieces of myself.

Until one day

I looked in the mirror and realized

the only thing slowly dying was me.

Funny how self-destruction can disguise

itself as love.

And the strangest part is-

I was never talking about the plant.

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