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what were you expecting,

for me to put on some grand production of hysteria

to display the hurt that you have caused me

for some meaningless pity party?

yes you have succeeded in breaking my heart,

congratulations.

did you think i wasn’t expecting this?

to love means to hurt, there is no way around it

i accepted this fate a long time ago

because i was made to love,

and will therefore hurt, i don’t expect anything otherwise.

i’m not a ******* fragile doll that is going to crumble

over some stupid boy who is too much of a coward

to grow and receive the love i have to give.

i am worth more than that.

why did you keep looking at me as though i was about to fall apart?

why did you keep asking me if i wanted to break, smash anything?

i have always been numb before feeling anything,

it’s the only way i know how to survive the intensity of my own emotions.

you don’t deserve to wipe the tears from my cheeks anyway.

my sadness is no longer your business, it probably never was.

why did you hesitate so long when i asked you if you love me?

are you really going to let your fears prevent you from being loved?

you’re lucky, too lucky

and in the end, you probably don’t deserve me

but i don’t care. i loved you then, i love you now, i will love you always

i’m too loyal, too strong

for my own good.

but i don’t regret any of it.

there is no point in regretting love anyway,

there never is.

so yes, you broke my heart, congratulations.

worse things have happened.

it doesn’t mean i’m going to tear myself apart over this.

i’m worth more than that.

if and when you come around wanting me back,

i’m going to make it pretty **** clear that i have no intention

to **** around and play with my heart because

those days are over.

if i am going to have you, i want all of you.

because that’s how i love, and how i expect to be loved in return.

anything less would be emotional suicide.

i’m okay with loneliness,

i’m okay without you.

if that is how it has to be, then so be it.

so stop asking me if i’m okay,

i was okay before you and i will be okay after you

i am not as breakable as i may seem,

so good luck with your quest to find yourself.

maybe you’ll never come to the simple realization

that “finding yourself” is a lifelong process,

not something that comes compact in a box labeled

“fulfillment/purpose: open for answers” written on it in

permanent marker.

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lyra-brown
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Jul 8, 2014
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