Pause and Reflect: I Should Have Known

If I had known more, I would have thrown myself in front of it all to protect you. With every fiber of my being. That’s the truth.

I didn’t see everything soon enough. I saw signs, but I didn’t realize how deep it went or how much was being hidden. And that haunts me. It will forever.

Not because I failed to love you. You always had that.

I couldn’t stop what I didn’t fully see. There was so much fog. It isn’t an excuse, it's a failure. It's my failure.

I should have known. I should have seen more.

Now I do. Not to win or to be right. And I need you to see it too. No matter how long it's been.

Be mad. You should be.