I'm sure many can relate to the feelings you've captured here, Jesse -- I know I certainly can! As a friend of mine used to say, I'm as misunderstood as Dr. Pepper! ;) (That one's funny ... but no one ever gets it - LOL!)

I often choose silence ... it's easier than trying to explain myself or fix damage that was never intended. Enjoyed the read -- nicely done :)
Anyone can write of beauty -- of life, friendship, love everlasting -- but it is those rare, brave souls who dare to live their words that are the true poets of the universe. That is where true beauty lies. ~JaML

It's a sin that somehowlight is changing to shadow, and casting its shroudover all we have known. Unaware how the ranks have grown, driven on by a heart of stone, we could find that we're all alone, in the dream of the proud.
On the Turning Away -- Pink Floyd