Hello You! Well Happy Thursday, you have set your boundaries and know that you are no longer an option for any ill treatment. You now pay attention and I mean close attention to the signs before they will come back again or another one might pass your way. But this time, you'll be ready! Why? Because you learnt from the last time. 

Learning the Signs Before the Fall

I used to leap

headfirst, heart open,

believing love was always safe water.

But some waters are rivers with no bottom,

currents that drag you

into silence and sorrow.

Now, I pause.

I study the ripples,

the tone behind words,

the patterns in actions.

I watch how someone treats the quiet moments

when no one’s watching,

when there’s nothing to gain.

Love should not twist your spirit.

It should not cloud your vision.

It should not make you shrink

to fit inside someone else’s shadow.

So I read the signs

the missed calls that mean avoidance,

the sweet words that don’t match the doing,

the flattery that feels like camouflage.

I read the signs like survival,

like scripture,

like the language of my own salvation.

Because falling is no longer blind

I fall with eyes open,

heart steady,

soul guarded by wisdom

Mind alert.

I do not fear love

I only fear ignoring the truth.

And this time,

I choose me first,

every time,

before the deep.

Before him. Before her. Before the Fall.