You think you hate me.<\/p>\n
But you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
You cling to me.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m the weight on your chest when the world says, go.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m the voice that tells you, stay right where you are.<\/p>\n
I am not laziness.<\/p>\n
I am not fear.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m older than that.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been growing inside you with every broken promise you made to yourself.<\/p>\n
Every time you swallowed your pain and smiled.<\/p>\n
Every night you told yourself tomorrow would be different.<\/p>\n
I was there, collecting the pieces you left behind.<\/p>\n
You call me stuck.<\/p>\n
But I\u2019m protection.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m the wall between you and the disappointment you can\u2019t handle again.<\/p>\n
I hold you still so you won\u2019t fall.<\/p>\n
You think you want to fight me.<\/p>\n
But deep down, you\u2019re afraid of who you\u2019ll be without me.<\/p>\n
Because moving means risking everything.<\/p>\n
And I know\u2014you\u2019re not ready for that.<\/p>\n
So I\u2019ll stay.<\/p>\n
As long as you let me, I\u2019ll stay.<\/p>\n
And with every day you don\u2019t move, I\u2019ll take a little more of you.<\/p>\n
Until there\u2019s nothing left but me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You think you hate me. But you don\u2019t. You cling to me. I\u2019m the weight on your chest when the world says, go. I\u2019m the voice that tells you, stay right where you are. I am not laziness. I am not fear. I\u2019m older than that. I\u2019ve been growing inside you with every broken promise …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,76,87,93,105,108,60,66,88,104,102,78,83,50,57,77,73,109,58,65,70,48,63,100,62,101,64,59,54,85,49,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ache","category-anxiety","category-burnout","category-confidence","category-conflict","category-depression","category-ego","category-emotions","category-exhaustion","category-failure","category-fear","category-freedom","category-grief","category-healing","category-health","category-heart","category-honesty","category-human","category-inner-child","category-life","category-love","category-mental-health","category-message","category-mind","category-mindset","category-mistake","category-pain","category-pride","category-self-awareness","category-story","category-trauma","category-wellness","clearfix"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n