Dear You Who Said "It's Okay" Too Many Times,
#TheSearchForLove
You thought love meant endurance.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡde7aXISFoD
That to be chosen, you had to tolerate the things that hurt.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0lteSsu1m
That staying quiet, staying soft, staying "understanding"44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6lk4byX9c
would make them stay too.
You weren't weak for forgiving them.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE4uhhO01i
You were just hungry for love.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPZCwcPOzG
And they knew it.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPKPJAmA7w
They fed off that hunger,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD001gRLDjb
taking more than they ever gave back.
Each time you said "I'm okay,"44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2iBwdcw9W
you swallowed a truth that should've been spoken.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9c30NT9gi
Each time you forgave without receiving even a hint of remorse,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG66tZ4mXF
you abandoned a part of yourself44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucTn2FnEcl
just to be seen, just to be kept.
But real love doesn't ask you to bleed44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQJRvQQBDR
to earn someone's warmth.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYF66FIVHE
It doesn't demand your silence44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDqlVIYLZs
just to keep the peace.
You weren't dramatic.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabk5BMTyUp
You weren't too much.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkMqxRIJ1A
You were just a girl who wanted to be loved the right way44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhxxBblM1m
but didn't yet know what the right way looked like.
Let me tell you now:44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4y9MqjVeh
Love doesn't make you choose between being respected44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjniao7aI32
and being held.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3uNcvNVRV
It doesn't turn your softness into a weapon against you.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjW2zMn1vqO
It doesn't make you feel guilty for hurting.
You can forgive, yes—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuCaOsi4zy
but not at the cost of losing yourself.
The girl who kept giving chances...44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kFbBKWKco
She didn't fail.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCoQgSIrRi
She just hadn't learned yet44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW67nTco62Y
that being loved shouldn't feel like begging.
I see you.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBId0wxCZU
And I want you to know—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzRgDEObD8
you never had to try that hard to be worthy.
You always were.
With all the love you deserved back then,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigVk4ngRu7
—From the version of you who finally learned what love really means
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