i know once i leave, i don't come back, and that's why i try so hard until the very end. i give chances, i stay patient, i understand things you don't even say out loud. i hold on even when it hurts because i want to believe people can do better, love better, treat me better. but there comes a point where trying feels like breaking, and holding on feels like losing myself. when i reach that point, i just walk away quietly. not because i don't care, but because i cared too much for too long. and when i finally choose myself, there's no turning back, no second look, no return.