To the dumpee who doesn't feel chosen

If you are the one who was left,
if you are the one who cries,
if you feel like you’re the only one who misses the relationship,
the only one who wonders,
the only one replaying it all —

but you still didn’t chase,

you are now the chooser.

You chose your dignity.

You chose not to beg.
You chose not to plead.
You chose not to send the paragraph.
You chose silence.
You chose not to degrade yourself for someone who couldn’t sustain the connection.

They may have ended the relationship,
but you chose not to lose yourself.

So, my dear — you are the chooser.