Shahrukhs24
Favoured Frenzy
Being genuine in this world isn’t easy.
It costs you misunderstandings, misplaced trust, and sometimes people who benefit from your honesty but never protect it.
I’ve learned that sincerity often gets mistaken for weakness,
and kindness can invite betrayal from those who don’t know how to hold it.
I’ve been disappointed.
I’ve been hurt.
Not because I expected too much —
but because I gave what was real.
There were moments when becoming bitter would have been easier.
When closing off would have felt safer.
When hardening my heart would have been justified.
But I didn’t choose that.
I chose to stay the same.
Not because it didn’t hurt,
but because bitterness would have meant losing myself.
So I continue to show up honestly.
To care without calculation.
To be real, even in a world that often rewards masks.
If I’m betrayed for being genuine, so be it.
I’d rather be hurt for who I am
than survive by becoming someone I’m not.
Staying genuine is my quiet rebellion.
And I’m not giving it up.
It costs you misunderstandings, misplaced trust, and sometimes people who benefit from your honesty but never protect it.
I’ve learned that sincerity often gets mistaken for weakness,
and kindness can invite betrayal from those who don’t know how to hold it.
I’ve been disappointed.
I’ve been hurt.
Not because I expected too much —
but because I gave what was real.
There were moments when becoming bitter would have been easier.
When closing off would have felt safer.
When hardening my heart would have been justified.
But I didn’t choose that.
I chose to stay the same.
Not because it didn’t hurt,
but because bitterness would have meant losing myself.
So I continue to show up honestly.
To care without calculation.
To be real, even in a world that often rewards masks.
If I’m betrayed for being genuine, so be it.
I’d rather be hurt for who I am
than survive by becoming someone I’m not.
Staying genuine is my quiet rebellion.
And I’m not giving it up.