What You Tolerate 🥀

It don't happen all at once You lose a little Then a little more You let one thing slide, then another Something you hated becomes just another Call it temporary, call it getting by Keep making excuses till you believe the lie You tolerate disrespect to keep the peace Keep a dead-end job just to pay the lease Let the wrong people take whatever they can Then wonder why you don't recognize who you am Little lines become borders Little choices build a wall What you practice every day Becomes the person standing tall You become what you tolerate What you let stay, what you let remain Every little thing you make room for Leaves a little mark upon your name You become what you tolerate Every yes, every time you hesitate You don't wake up and change one day You become what you tolerate Scroll another hour, watch the day disappear Everybody's living, everybody's got a take You keep saying "someday" like someday's guaranteed While the life you're waiting for is waiting on you to leave You feed the same habits, call it taking a break Keep watering the weeds, then wonder why they take Little lines become borders Little choices build a wall What you practice every day Becomes the person standing tall You become what you tolerate What you let stay, what you let remain Every little thing you make room for Leaves a little mark upon your name You become what you tolerate Every yes, every time you hesitate You don't wake up and change one day You become what you tolerate Draw the line while it's still a line Before it becomes your life Say no where you used to bend Walk away where you used to pretend You don't have to change it all Just stop accepting what you know is wrong You become what you tolerate What you let stay, what you let remain Watch what you normalize Watch what you give your time You become what you tolerate.