CatchingStrays

“Months later, after he brought it back up, I caught the stray fist that left me with a permanent reminder of him. If I had taken time to factor in how my unhealed trauma would have me intentionally provoking his…I would’ve never given him my number. If I had taken time to acknowledge the trauma in him that I was incapable of healing…I would’ve left when I first found out about it. But my ego’s need to feel like I saved someone, completely capable of saving himself, made me ignore all of our red tags. And my refusal to accept that I was the one I needed to save…had us both catching strays…until I finally gave him back to the streets I found him on.”