Me first
Same species
I lied. I manipulated. I dropped out of everything I started. I used people who trusted me. I broke my family and called it "my path."
I always had a reason. And I repeated it until I believed it.
I took everything for granted. Until there was nothing left.
No money. No stability. A child I can't even show up for.
I betrayed people who opened their homes to me. And still told myself I was a good person.
The problem wasn't that I was "bad." Seeing all parts of myself didn't justify what I acted out. The problem was: I thought I was evolving— while I was destroying everything.
I called it growth. It was just avoidance.
I chased what felt good in the moment. And lost everything that required consistency.
That's when I started to see it.
