To love is easy

the bravest “I love you” is spoken inward

To love is easy.
To stay is common.
But to let go
that is where courage is born.

Bravery in love is not clinging to what crumbles.
It is the quiet strength
to loosen your grip,
to whisper goodbye
when every part of you longs to hold on.

The bravest love does not bind.
It frees.
It teaches you that endings are not failures,
but passages to new beginnings.

And sometimes
the bravest “I love you”
is spoken inward,
when you finally choose yourself.

-Aether