Author: Empress J
I stayed three years past the moment I knew. I remember the exact night I understood it was over — and I remember choosing not to know it. I looked at the evidence sitting right in front of me, the pattern I’d watched repeat a dozen times, and I told myself the oldest lie there […]
I used to hand people a magnifying glass and beg them to notice me. I’d over-explain my decisions. I’d justify my feelings until they sounded reasonable enough to be allowed. I’d wait — heart pounding — for someone to finally say, “You matter. You’re enough. You did well.” And when they didn’t, I’d try harder. Say more. […]
The first time I got rejected by someone I begged to keep me, I thought my life was over. I remember sitting on my bathroom floor, replaying every word, editing every mistake, convinced that if I’d just been smaller, softer, more impressive, they would’ve stayed. The job that passed me over. The friend who faded. The […]
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