“you deserve to be loved.”

upon hearing
those words,
tears
started
falling.

it’s
painful
when
your
past experiences
don’t see your worth.

when they do,
it’s always too late.

hearing those words again
coming from someone new
who likes me,
breaks the whole **** dam
of tears
i’ve been trying to suppress.

i know i do.
i deserve to be loved.
however,
as much
as i
want to love again,
i’d have to finish
drying up
the lake
i created from the past.

once it’s dry,
i can finally make
something new
out of it.