and although many wish it were true, your sadness cannot be so easily taken away. memories of your past, all the hits and the blows, those marks will never leave you; they'll linger on your skin, and those kisses they placed on every sensitive spot on your body, will not just be forgotten. 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,' is most untrue, for those scars will always bring back a blast from the past, the way you lost your ability to walk will always be a memory, and the way daddy hurt you will never fade away from your mind, as you stare down at the place those bruises once were. perhaps you will grow from them, and realize how strong you truly are for living on, but don't tell anyone, especially not me, that you'll forget about it eventually, or that you'll be fine, or that this phase of sadness will pass, or that someone will come around and brighten things up, because lord knows that, that is not what i want to hear, and it's incredibly false. my sadness cannot just be cured by some guy, my father's words of hatred will not just be forgotten, i cannot just be fine with all that anxiety, and my paranoia is not just a 20 year phase.

so please, respect at least that.