As I took his face in my hands
Tears streaming down his cheeks
My raw heart out of my chest
I told him,
"Heartbreak is the worst pain someone can experience. But your heart is strong enough to get through it."

And if all we were
All the pain you caused
Was for that moment
Just one brief second where I was able to give someone peace in midst of tragedy
Then losing you all makes sense
And I wouldn't think twice about going through it again

They all knew she was strong
But none of them could really fathom all the strength that had been required of her
To survive what she had

How funny
I always thought about how lucky I was
That you loved me

But the truth was
You were the lucky one
To be loved like a girl like me

I think it's funny when people say
"People don't change"

Because I am so far from the person I used to be
Very little of the original me remains
These scars are proof of the growth I've done
The mountains I've climbed
The fires I walked through

People do change
You have no choice
When people burn you so you must raise from the ashes

In an weird way
I owe you a thank you
Because when you broke my heart
I realized that there are still parts of me
That are soft enough to be broken
And that is a gift not many can give me

You made me feel
Silly and
Stupid and
Ashamed,
That you
A simple boy
Was the thing that destroyed me

Not years of loneliness or mistreatment or trials

No
It was just a simple boy with a crooked smile
Who broke down all my walls
Who peeled back the hard layers of my heart
And gave breath to all the softness I forgot was there
It was just silly you
Making me fall in love with you
Only to make me watch you fall out of love with me

It was that, that destroyed the girl no one else could ****

It's just love
But oh,
Love is the most potent thing any human can go through