Jun 28, 2026

The Distance I Chose

Standing far apart from colleagues' crowded space,
I wear my silence like a quiet shield. 
Not because I fear their voices, 
But because I know what their whispers yield. 

 They were the ones who betrayed my trust, 
Turning simple moments into tales untrue. 
They invented words that I never spoke, 
And painted lies as though they knew. 

They cast me as the villain, 
While hiding behind smiling faces. 
In their false hope stories, 
I became the shadow that filled their empty spaces. 

My presence is their grieves, 
My Isolation is their happiness, 
I chose to isolate because I love them though. 
As the bible said “Love your enemies”

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