You Were His Imaginary

๐‘ป๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’โ€™๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’โ€™๐’•.
The kind of pursuit that feels like flattery at firstโ€ฆ
until you realize he wasnโ€™t really looking at you.
He was looking at his fantasyโ€”
and you were the placeholder.

It can be one of the loneliest feelingsโ€”
being seen, but not as the who who you are.

Ever feel like a man fell for his idea of you, not you?

I write posts like this regularly.
If it touched youโ€”follow for more touching.

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