Dear You Who Said "It's Okay" Too Many Times,
#TheSearchForLove
You thought love meant endurance.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYFUvC4Axg
That to be chosen, you had to tolerate the things that hurt.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eaf3XFPr6
That staying quiet, staying soft, staying "understanding"54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBYrqpWoWW
would make them stay too.
You weren't weak for forgiving them.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvB1ChjzbkC
You were just hungry for love.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxVXmJft7D
And they knew it.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivtuymWEDX
They fed off that hunger,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZXzfEcT8R
taking more than they ever gave back.
Each time you said "I'm okay,"54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5NqQdB0C1
you swallowed a truth that should've been spoken.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQ5vtruxos
Each time you forgave without receiving even a hint of remorse,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEyKa9hVT7
you abandoned a part of yourself54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmlIQE35IB
just to be seen, just to be kept.
But real love doesn't ask you to bleed54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSyeAq3qx6
to earn someone's warmth.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRSzYXamnd
It doesn't demand your silence54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLQYUU7VWf
just to keep the peace.
You weren't dramatic.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwoUfDcwTQ
You weren't too much.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUykL7bZSSz
You were just a girl who wanted to be loved the right way54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt372QVHAs
but didn't yet know what the right way looked like.
Let me tell you now:54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycD9Bmldt9
Love doesn't make you choose between being respected54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF3N1WZdFm
and being held.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTExeDjMgpx
It doesn't turn your softness into a weapon against you.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSdMvoh4n7
It doesn't make you feel guilty for hurting.
You can forgive, yes—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbcrqfzUb5
but not at the cost of losing yourself.
The girl who kept giving chances...54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YzpB1SqWJ
She didn't fail.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuuyNvTJiX
She just hadn't learned yet54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJXmkLp7Zj
that being loved shouldn't feel like begging.
I see you.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR4jXpditw
And I want you to know—54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkSbYPX8M1
you never had to try that hard to be worthy.
You always were.
With all the love you deserved back then,54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz04LiAveg
—From the version of you who finally learned what love really means
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and then Add to home screen.