2 april 2025, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2694: he coerced me

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Sweet expressions that crawl into your ears and encompass your heart some time recently you figure it out they're nothing more than chains were utilized to coerce me. He utilized tolerance, the long amusement, and the way he gave me the impression that I had a choice indeed in case I didn't.

It at first showed up to be the charm, invitingness, and consideration I had woefully missed in my life. He was continuously fair right—a touch here, a quieted certainty there—to allow me the impression that he was interesting. I had thought that he would be diverse from the rest, but maybe he was.

He was totally careful of which strings to drag. Commitment, fault, and the suggested burden of wants. He never had to pushed my hand or raise his voice. No, he as it were held up until my thoughts turned into his weapon. I was as well exhausted to fight, so I gave in to his demands.

I didn't need to be selfish, so I let him impact my choices. I let him accept he had won since, in a way, he had. He utilized his nearness, his diligence, and his unpretentious, subtle control to constrain me. And presently that I'm standing here, I'm pondering:
Was I ever free?