I Will Not Apologize for Loving You

By Ryoku Tenshi

“I Will Not Apologize for Loving You”
(Enojo contenido, resistencia, resiliencia)
I will not apologize
for loving you too much.
For answering every silence
with patience.
For staying long after
you stopped looking back.
I won’t regret the nights
I prayed you would change your mind.
I won’t be ashamed
of building temples in my heart
with your name carved into every stone.
You walked away.
Fine.
But don’t rewrite the story
as if I begged for what was never mine.
I stood there.
Unmoving.
Not because I was weak—
but because I believed.
You married safety.
I offered truth.
You chose comfort.
I chose fire.
And I have burned, yes—
but I’ve also learned
to walk through flames
without turning to ash.
So no—
I will not bury this love in shame.
It is the most honest thing I’ve ever known.
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