The Risk I Took

<p>I knew the odds weren't in my favor.</p><p>But when it was her I didn't care.</p><p></p><p>This is not just a book of heartbreak</p><p>it's a record of a gamble.</p><p>Of betting my heart on someone who held it gently</p><p>but never fully as their own.</p><p></p><p>Through raw unguarded poetry</p><p>The Risk I Took captures the fragile hope</p><p>of stepping out of the friendzone</p><p>the quiet unraveling when love isn't returned</p><p>and the painful grace of staying anyway</p><p></p><p>These pages are for anyone who has loved in the in-between</p><p>where friendship and forever blur</p><p>where every smile feels like a promise</p><p>and every silence feels like the answer you didn't want.</p><p></p><p>This is the story of risking it all...</p><p>and what's left when you lose.</p>