Grinding Teeth
Grinding Teeth: Unraveling the Weight of Unrequited Love
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We've been here before, passed out on the floor. You tell me and all your friends, how you don't need me anymore...
Recalling a past situation where the person was drunk or unconscious, and their ex-partner is discussing the lack of necessity for their relationship.
And who the fuck am I kidding? I know how this goes now. You never needed me like I needed you, so why the hell do I still wish you well?
Realization that the relationship was imbalanced, with the speaker feeling a stronger need for their partner than the partner did for them, leading to confusion about wishing them well despite the hurt.
You'll never know me, like you think you do. As if it ever mattered cause after all, you don't need me anymore.
Expressing the idea that the partner never truly understood or knew the speaker, emphasizing the insignificance of that realization as the partner has moved on.
Do you at least now see how much this means to me?
Questioning if the partner now understands the emotional significance of the situation to the speaker.
I can't wait another day, you have left me not knowing what to do.
Feeling lost and unable to wait any longer for resolution or closure in the situation due to the partner's absence.
I beg you to stay you act like you don't want to.
Pleading with the partner to stay despite their apparent disinterest or reluctance.
I grind my teeth, I am losing sleep. These one way conversations
Expressing physical and emotional distress (grinding teeth, losing sleep) caused by one-sided conversations and the resulting frustration.
Made me want to hate you... But I can't hate you.
Admitting the desire to hate the partner for the pain caused but being unable to do so, possibly due to lingering feelings.
Weighted down by things you've said, I'm left staring in your eyes they're dead. How can practice make us perfect, If our perfect was nothing? And these choices I'm making, are from promises you're breaking. Looking back on those wasted years, what was I thinking?
Feeling burdened by hurtful words and disappointed in the failed relationship, questioning the idea of practice leading to perfection when the 'perfect' relationship meant nothing. Regret over choices made based on broken promises.
Let's bring you up to speed, this is the last you'll hear from me. Here's a note, all in hopes, you'll find my aspirations at the end of this rope. It'll make you see what this meant to me. Now you're just a witness at a tragedy.
Declaring an end to communication and hoping that the partner understands the depth of the speaker's feelings through a written note, implying suicidal thoughts or the end of hopes and dreams.
So I died all alone, just like I knew all along. That's how it always played out in my head since I was a fucked up kid. And I was holding my breath about this, so when these tired lungs just caved, I knew I'd never be something you'd miss. And deep down through this facade you see, I just couldn't be the better man you hoped I could be.
Reflecting on a lonely death, feeling resigned to this fate from childhood, and believing the partner won't miss them. Admitting inadequacy and the inability to live up to the partner's expectations.
Now I don't need you.
Asserting independence from the ex-partner, stating that they no longer require them in their life.
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