Dear You Who Said "It's Okay" Too Many Times,
#TheSearchForLove
You thought love meant endurance.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwJM3HrDqs
That to be chosen, you had to tolerate the things that hurt.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDwazJNunA
That staying quiet, staying soft, staying "understanding"37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQ80YZ8WOc
would make them stay too.
You weren't weak for forgiving them.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZznmtofxw
You were just hungry for love.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyKnvIaoK5
And they knew it.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdAUWrDCEi
They fed off that hunger,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpOqifZwex
taking more than they ever gave back.
Each time you said "I'm okay,"37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7VMESSMEJ
you swallowed a truth that should've been spoken.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjBLOg0PLD
Each time you forgave without receiving even a hint of remorse,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp56PECSyO
you abandoned a part of yourself37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHgGTpX8Yu
just to be seen, just to be kept.
But real love doesn't ask you to bleed37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgGFAEcHoA
to earn someone's warmth.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNWoiyi3n0
It doesn't demand your silence37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRn8cfpMsMV
just to keep the peace.
You weren't dramatic.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMjhJzG0zH
You weren't too much.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRTXtQfSEN
You were just a girl who wanted to be loved the right way37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIN8wo7CAGY
but didn't yet know what the right way looked like.
Let me tell you now:37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UrXo7APiX
Love doesn't make you choose between being respected37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpWzjytjEo
and being held.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp8rUijpqu
It doesn't turn your softness into a weapon against you.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8DTzPEhxM
It doesn't make you feel guilty for hurting.
You can forgive, yes—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetfgAYhnS9
but not at the cost of losing yourself.
The girl who kept giving chances...37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7dREyQx7h
She didn't fail.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVqs67qlpp
She just hadn't learned yet37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMCkpfB72T
that being loved shouldn't feel like begging.
I see you.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95zbMj5fzg
And I want you to know—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyhTOjkxpT
you never had to try that hard to be worthy.
You always were.
With all the love you deserved back then,37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriM62BMHwk
—From the version of you who finally learned what love really means
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and then Add to home screen.