Imagine disappointing
someone so deeply that their
words slowly become silence.

The person who once told
you everything suddenly
has nothing left to say.

Not because they stopped
caring, but because they
stopped feeling understood.

They noticed the little changes,
the broken promises, and the
moments that hurt.

They explained themselves
until explaining became more
exhausting than staying quiet.

Eventually, silence became easier than expecting things to change.

The laughter disappeared, the
conversations became shorter,
and the distance grew quietly.

You may think they became cold,
but you never saw what made
them tired.

Sometimes people don't leave immediately,
they first become silent around you.

And when the most talkative person
stops talking, something inside them
has already changed.

Sometimes silence isn't a lack of words,
it's the result of having said too much
and been disappointed to often.

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