Dear T and J

I can't, I won't swallow my pride another time. I won't, I can't make any more apologies for things that aren't my fault. I will no longer be the better person and try to bridge the ever-expanding gap between us. I will not let myself get stepped all over, be manipulated and influenced by your lack of a moral code. I cannot smile at you anymore, I will not go out of my way to make you feel comfortable, and I won't lie to preserve good feelings towards you.

I will open my mouth and tell the truth about you if someone asks. I will go on living my life in happiness, while you suffer, day by day, living in the silent hell that slowly tears away at your flesh. I will not forgive and forget, not anymore, not time after time; just to find myself in the exact spot I started in. I will finally cut the cord and be on my way.

I will not look back, not for you or her. To me, at this time, you are not worth a second glance. I will not let you off the hook. It is your turn. It is your turn to swallow your pride, apologize for all the things you've done, bridge the gap between blood relatives.

I will not say that I do not love you. I do. I always have. But there is nothing left for me here, there is nothing left for me to say or do. I have said and done it all to try to make things right, but my words have fallen on deaf ears, my actions on blind eyes. And if you are, in fact, deaf and blind, as you appear to be, then you won't notice when I walk away