Sometimes\u2026 they don\u2019t just fade.
Sometimes\u2026 they come back.
Not with a whisper, not by accident,
But with fire in their eyes and trembling in their voice,
Trying to rewind the moments they lost,
Trying to fix the cracks with words you used to crave.
They reach out like they finally understand what silence stole,
Like they woke up one morning and realized the emptiness wasn\u2019t peace\u2014
It was your absence echoing through their chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You see their name light up your screen again. And I know\u2026 And part of you wants to believe it. But listen\u2026 Because love doesn\u2019t wait until you\u2019re gone to show up. And yet, I\u2019m not saying people don\u2019t change. So if they try to win you back, Because you\u2019re not the same person who cried over unanswered texts. If they\u2019re really here to stay, So yes\u2026 And if you do take them back, That you were worth the fight all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Walk in Their Shoes” Spoken Word BY WALKING SHA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not because they need something,
But because they missed<\/em> something,
You<\/em>.
And suddenly you\u2019re caught in a storm of memories,
Because just when you were starting to heal,
Just when you were learning to live without their presence,
Here they come again\u2026
Texting you like the past didn\u2019t ache,
Calling like time didn\u2019t hurt,
Promising things you once begged to hear,
Now pouring freely like they finally found the courage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s confusing.
Because this isn\u2019t like before.
They\u2019re not distant, not cold, not avoidant.
They\u2019re all in, or at least they say they are.
They tell you they\u2019re sorry,
That they were scared,
That they didn\u2019t know how to love you back then,
But they do now.
They say they\u2019ve changed,
That they\u2019ve thought about you every single day,
That letting you go was the biggest mistake they ever made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because deep down,
You never stopped hoping they\u2019d come back different.
You prayed for this.
You imagined this moment during all those sleepless nights.
You pictured the apology, the realization, the effort.
And now that it\u2019s here,
You\u2019re torn between your healing
And the love you never stopped feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before you say yes,
Before you open your heart again like it never cracked,
Ask yourself this:
Are they back because they love<\/em> you,
Or are they back because they lost<\/em> you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love doesn\u2019t need silence to feel your worth.
Real love stays when things are messy,
Not just when they realize what they\u2019re missing.
Don\u2019t let sweet words make you forget the silence that almost broke you.
Don\u2019t let flowers cover the thorns you once bled from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m not saying hearts don\u2019t wake up late.
Sometimes they really do come back with open hands,
With real growth, with honesty,
With the kind of love that learned<\/em> from the loss.
Sometimes people leave as boys and return as men.
Sometimes the lesson hits after they feel your absence louder than your presence ever screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t rush.
Let their actions speak longer than their apologies.
Let time do the talking.
Let your peace be your compass.
You don\u2019t have to punish them for leaving,
But you don\u2019t have to make it easy for them to return either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re not the same soul who begged for crumbs of attention.
You grew.
You healed.
You found light in places they never looked.
So if they\u2019re back, they need to meet this<\/em> version of you,
The one who knows their worth.
The one who doesn’t settle for temporary love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let them prove it without pressure.
Let them show up without conditions.
Because love that\u2019s real doesn\u2019t ask you to shrink back into who you were.
It meets you where you are now,
And grows with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They might try hard to win you back.
They might say all the right things this time.
But you\u2026
You get to decide if love is enough
After trust was shattered.
You get to decide if their return brings peace,
Or just noise wrapped in guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do it because your heart believes<\/em>,
Not because your loneliness agreed.
Do it because the love is new<\/em>, not recycled.
Do it because they finally understand
What you always knew\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n