Because you decided I couldn’t take it!” I shout. “You kept the truth from me because you thought I couldn’t handle it. You were so wrong! I can take it straight up! That’s what hurts me the most. I’m not some fragile thing that needs to be treated like a glass house. It’s humiliating and it just pisses me off that you pretend like I’m not strong. I get that you’re a man…you feel the need to protect me. I get that you’re afraid and my strength feels dangerous to you. And you know what? It should feel that way, because it is. It’s power.

Because you decided I couldn’t take it!” I shout. “You kept the truth from me because you thought I couldn’t handle it. You were so wrong! I can take it straight up! That’s what hurts me the most. I’m not some fragile thing that needs to be treated like a glass house. It’s humiliating and it just pisses me off that you pretend like I’m not strong. I get that you’re a man…you feel the need to protect me. I get that you’re afraid and my strength feels dangerous to you. And you know what? It should feel that way, because it is. It’s power.

– Elisa Marie Hopkins –

A Diamond in the Rough

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