Dear best friend: A letter about relationship abuse

to my best friend, 

when we were in sixth grade you were my role model 

i had never met anyone like you 

you helped me coordinate my outfits 

complete my math homework 

and gave me a friend to turn to always 

you were invincible

but one day that changed 

i regret being blind to the pain he brought you 

i let his "I love you's" and your laughter serve as a blindfold 

it was only taken off when you came to me teary eyed

the truth of you two pouring out of your mouth like a rapid waterfall 

that i was drowning in and with every word

i could feel the water taking up the room in my lungs

until nothing but my frail hand was sticking up out of the rivers

but see, sadness does not solve anything 

let my hand be the one who rips you out of your own river 

let me drink the water until it is shallow enough for you to stand in 

because you will get back up 

you will be okay

no matter the amount of blood every wound heals

i will sit beside you patiently as you learn to appreciate love again 

when the time comes, we will rip the baindaid off together

there is life beyond the abuse you have sustained 

i want to show you it

 

-dns

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