Dear You Who Said "It's Okay" Too Many Times,
#TheSearchForLove
You thought love meant endurance.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRPfQj11TB
That to be chosen, you had to tolerate the things that hurt.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWJpWZFlh0
That staying quiet, staying soft, staying "understanding"50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFmAiTlWop
would make them stay too.
You weren't weak for forgiving them.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTT2vk1qDSb
You were just hungry for love.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoIliKq4or
And they knew it.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL20GrUY5yo
They fed off that hunger,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMz7o5BiuU
taking more than they ever gave back.
Each time you said "I'm okay,"50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGJExf9dGq
you swallowed a truth that should've been spoken.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VWuBGOzm7
Each time you forgave without receiving even a hint of remorse,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUzxfhHKbK
you abandoned a part of yourself50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZcZq56Mc8
just to be seen, just to be kept.
But real love doesn't ask you to bleed50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOcJC6kf7B
to earn someone's warmth.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbMCqySIie
It doesn't demand your silence50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRDV38eObE
just to keep the peace.
You weren't dramatic.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE3MGuoGJ7
You weren't too much.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWXw93AmmG
You were just a girl who wanted to be loved the right way50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyMzWyhsK3
but didn't yet know what the right way looked like.
Let me tell you now:50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPT6YWCt6LP
Love doesn't make you choose between being respected50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2sMJykkGM
and being held.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSpOQFZlKu
It doesn't turn your softness into a weapon against you.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKljQq1NU36
It doesn't make you feel guilty for hurting.
You can forgive, yes—50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW84j5QI1oO
but not at the cost of losing yourself.
The girl who kept giving chances...50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D66Qg1ON2
She didn't fail.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UBvCNOe5s
She just hadn't learned yet50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PfE31bPR4
that being loved shouldn't feel like begging.
I see you.50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4ySOMrxV6
And I want you to know—50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQ3VTMxMBn
you never had to try that hard to be worthy.
You always were.
With all the love you deserved back then,50Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6MwLRy5qa
—From the version of you who finally learned what love really means
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