Why They Never Said It

Fear of being misunderstood.
Fear of changing the relationship forever.
Fear that honesty would create consequences they could not predict.
For many people, silence feels safer than truth.
Yet silence carries its own burden.
The burden of wondering what could have happened.
They Replayed the moment countless times.
They imagined different words.
They wished for a differend kind of courage
But the moment passed.
And the words stayed locked inside.​