I have been through tragic amounts of trauma,
but I still want to protect you from what's happened to me.
I don't talk about it because I know you already know.
I want you to see the joyful parts of me.
How far I've come as a person, rather than a victim.
I know my scars are deep, but you kiss every inch anyways.
You hold my body and touch me without worrying about hurting me
because you know you never could.
I know you will always be there if it started getting the best of me.
The last thing I want for you
is to think I'm any less than I am
And the last thing I want for me
is to think you couldn't understand.