My behavior made you feel insecure, but your behavior made me feel unsafe. These are not the same. You are not the victim you think you are.

I’d held a torch for you so long that it didn’t even occur to me that, though still aloft, the flame might have gone out when I wasn’t looking.

I’m sorry that I inadvertently hurt you. I won’t go so far as to say it was your fault, but you certainly put me up on a *very* high pedestal, and I’ve always had incredibly shitty balance.