The problem isn\u2019t you leaving without a word,
It\u2019s the expectation that I\u2019d chase after you,
Begging you to stay,
Clinging to something that wasn\u2019t even real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You thought I\u2019d fall apart,
That I\u2019d crumble at your absence,
That I\u2019d run after you,
Desperate to fix what was never meant to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the truth is,
I\u2019ve learned that some goodbyes are silent for a reason.
Some people leave to show you your worth,
To teach you that you can stand tall without them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not about the goodbye,
It\u2019s about the expectation that I\u2019d chase after you,
That I\u2019d plead,
That I\u2019d beg you to come back,
When you already knew deep down
It was time to let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The problem is not you walking away,
It\u2019s the belief that I\u2019d be lost without you.
I\u2019m learning to walk on my own,
To trust myself,
To find my peace without needing your presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, don\u2019t mistake my silence for weakness,
It\u2019s strength in disguise,
A reminder that I know my worth
And that no one can make me feel less than whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The real problem is not the goodbye,
It\u2019s the expectation that I would fall apart,
When really,
I\u2019m just fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
walking shadow poetry Kenya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The problem isn\u2019t you leaving without a word,It\u2019s the expectation that I\u2019d chase after you,Begging you to stay,Clinging to something that wasn\u2019t even real. You thought I\u2019d fall apart,That I\u2019d crumble at your absence,That I\u2019d run after you,Desperate to fix what was never meant to be. But the truth is,I\u2019ve learned that some goodbyes are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121,97,25],"tags":[35,49,34,67,50,61,55,53,22,48],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poem","category-poetry","category-solitude","tag-poems","tag-poetess","tag-poetry","tag-preciousowoko","tag-spokenword","tag-spokenwords","tag-stories","tag-story","tag-walkingshadowpoetry","tag-walkingshadowpoetrykenya"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t