Dear You,
You could have turned cold.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAWjjQ7guo
You had every reason to.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqN7C5ONGl
After everything they took—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtZjIFbgCK
your voice, your softness, your trust—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBmZH58GHW
you could have built walls so high46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj7Z21HCg5
no one would ever touch you again.
But you didn't.
You chose warmth.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHL8nDk7tOr
You chose gentleness,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYi5AcI77QI
even when the world didn't deserve it from you.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8Ac6SPReV
You let your wounds teach you compassion,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk1Lt3g0eN
not cruelty.
You became the kind of person46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUR58TtC8iZ
you once needed during your darkest hours.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDykERK8Ju
Someone who listens without judgment,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStwuQ9fuky
who holds without demanding,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelWxxDtAoM
who understands silence and pain46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwtpIRboXE
as if they were native languages.
It would have been easier to harden.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHMNC21TOm
To mirror the harshness you received.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdF7Hm71izv
But instead, you healed by becoming46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDBATQvWnB
a refuge—for others, and eventually, for yourself.
I know there are days46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUVVbTWrCZ
when it feels like strength should look more like armor.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmh8teZpfcX
But you—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddAjX6HLaO
you wear your courage in your softness.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa5JaUxpH2
And that is no less fierce.
So this is a thank you—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZUw3NQ8DB
for not letting the world turn you into it.46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLLx45pR3T
For staying tender46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89xQmKF4Lc
even when it would've been safer not to.
You are proof46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqK4kXPPZu
that survival can look like love,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkVdiRTUgG
and that healing doesn't always roar—46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzFFJpTggP
sometimes, it simply holds space.
And that is everything.
With so much quiet pride,46Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4niSga4gUz
—The You Who Finally Felt Safe
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