Chapter 27 - The Ego You Fed

You wore your pride like a crown,

believing I needed you to breathe,

that I was the one clinging,

while you stood untouched,

untouched yet so utterly dependent on the love you thought was beneath you.

You pampered your ego

with the illusion of my weakness,

treating my love like a routine,

something expected,

something ordinary,

something you could always return to.

But you never realized—

it wasn't me who depended on you,

it was you who fed on my softness,

my patience,

my care that asked for nothing but was everything you couldn't give.

Now that I'm leaving,

now that silence answers where I once did,

let's see if your ego will keep you warm,

if your pride will whisper your name back to you.

My dear ex

you once thought I couldn't do without you,

but now it's your world that trembles

at the sound of my absence.