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Aug 20
Is blocking someone an act of immaturity? No. It is my shield, my silent fortress, my declaration that my peace is not negotiable. Those who cannot understand this are too entangled in their own chaos to see reason.

I do not act from spite. I do not act from weakness. I act because my soul is sacred, and I refuse to let it be drowned in the venom of another’s deceit, cruelty, or carelessness.

Is it because I did not swallow my pride and simply stew in anger? No. Pride is not my cage; it is my compass. It guides me away from poison, away from entanglement, away from those who would drag me into their mire.

Some call it childish. Some call it dramatic. They do not see the cost of exposure, the weight of compromise, the erosion of one’s spirit under relentless intrusion. I see it clearly. I do not fear solitude; I embrace it.

Peace is not found in confrontation alone. Sometimes, peace is a quiet removal, a silence that echoes louder than words ever could. It is the roar of self-respect in a world that screams for submission.

Do you think I cannot endure conflict? Do you think anger terrifies me? No. But I am no fool. I know when battle is worth the body and when it is worth the mind—and this, this is neither.

I do not linger in resentment. I do not let bitterness fester. I choose the cut, the removal, the clean break, not for cruelty but for clarity. My life is not a playground for the whims of the careless.

When I block, I am not hiding. I am creating boundaries as a creator shapes form from chaos. I am the keeper of my own sanctum, the guardian of my own heart.

Some may call it prideful. I call it necessary. Some may call it cold. I call it deliberate. Some may whisper that it is childish. I call it survival.

I do not wish you harm, yet I do not need you. I do not hate you, yet I cannot let you linger. I do not crave vengeance, yet I will not suffer intrusion.

This is not weakness. This is not immaturity. This is courage—the courage to say, enough, and to act upon it without apology.

Do not mistake my silence for absence. Do not mistake my removal for fear. I am here, in the strength of my solitude, unshaken and unbound.

To preserve peace is not to forgive foolishness. It is to honor oneself. It is to recognize the poison before it reaches the blood, to extinguish it before it spreads.

I am the author of my calm, the creator of my boundaries, the sculptor of my refuge. And within this refuge, I am untouchable.

Those who linger in my absence will understand nothing. They will whisper, they will speculate, they will murmur of immaturity. But their words are hollow, echoing in spaces where I no longer dwell.

My mind is my sanctuary, my heart is my citadel, and my silence is the moat. To cross it without invitation is folly. To disturb it without respect is peril.

I do not block to punish. I block to protect. I block to preserve. I block to rise above the chaos they would throw upon me.

And when the world calls me harsh, when it calls me cold, I smile quietly. I do not need their approval. My peace is my approval. My boundary is my honor.

So, is blocking someone an act of immaturity? No. It is a sacred act, a deliberate act, a darkly beautiful act of self-preservation.

And if my choice unsettles you, let it. I am not here for your comfort. I am here for my clarity, my strength, my peace. And nothing you whisper, no matter how venomous, can reach the sanctuary I have built with my own hands.
the breaktime monologue
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the breaktime monologue  25/F/Philippines
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