how can you save a person who doesn't want to be saved?
You can beg and plead but that never seemed to work
You can throw out dozens of resources but whether or not the person uses them is not under your control
You can choose to watch someone who you love hurt themselves, their future and everything and everyone around them;
or you could leave
leaving is the harder choice but staying is more painful
who knows how I would be doing if I had stayed.
they can call you selfish or cruel for leaving during their hard times
but they cant expect you to clean their life up for them, yourself.
when the dust settles
you can either help to sweep it up
or you can walk away, leaving that mess to someone else
and that is exactly what I chose to do.
I left the mess that I walked into for someone else
because you cannot save a person who doesn't want to be saved.
Apr 9
Apr 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM UTC
how can you save a person who doesn't want to be saved?
You can beg and plead but that never seemed to work
You can throw out dozens of resources but whether or not the person uses them is not under your control
You can choose to watch someone who you love hurt themselves, their future and everything and everyone around them;
or you could leave
leaving is the harder choice but staying is more painful
who knows how I would be doing if I had stayed.
they can call you selfish or cruel for leaving during their hard times
but they cant expect you to clean their life up for them, yourself.
when the dust settles
you can either help to sweep it up
or you can walk away, leaving that mess to someone else
and that is exactly what I chose to do.
I left the mess that I walked into for someone else
because you cannot save a person who doesn't want to be saved.
8:38 PM
I wish I could stop writing about this.
" I didn't know you then and I'll never understand why it feels like I did"- Phoebe Bridgers
