Dear Someone: How can my heart still love when my soul can no longer endure?

A trembling hesitation when an unspoken silence hangs heavy between affection and self-preservation, a chasm too wide to bridge with words alone.

Today’s letter is from Ali Papa's Unspoken Silences. Unspoken Silences is an intimate collection of letters exploring the complex emotions and unresolved questions that linger in the wake of faded connections.

Dear, Dear Someone, _

How did we arrive at this crossroads, where the path of love and the road to self-preservation diverge so sharply? I stand here, my feet planted firmly on both sides, feeling the ground shift beneath me as I struggle to maintain balance. Do you feel this tremor too, or have you already chosen your direction?

My heart aches with a love that refuses to dim, even as my soul cries out for respite. How is it possible to hold such conflicting emotions in one body without being torn apart? I look at you, and I see all the reasons I fell in love, all the moments that knit our lives together. But alongside those tender memories, I see the toll this relationship has taken on my spirit.