Phoenix

You make me want to be better because you think I’m perfect just the way I am

People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

The truth of the matter is, you don’t get a say in who is going to hurt you. All you get a say in is who you’re going to trust, who you’re going to love, and if you’re lucky, they’ll love you back, and hurting you will be a foreign thought in their mind. I never got a say in what you did to me, but I get a say in who I love now, and who I let into my life. There’s just no room for people like you anymore.

I couldn’t tell you what it was that inevitably made her so special to me, but I do know that there has never been another person that has made me feel as at home within my own skin as she has, and even in her silence, I can feel her loving me from wherever she may be.