CW? MEMORIES, lies, mentions of abuse, hurt and pain. Ect.
There once was a man, one who had a bright smile and would do anything to hear me laugh, if you ever asked him he would just say "oh it's nothing, that isn't the point." But he was hurting inside, and I had no way to help.
One day, it felt like a hot iron against my skin, burning to warm and hurting to much.
He left, i was broken and shattered and quite honestly a mess. His leaving, helped. It helped in ways I didn't know at the time, it helped me realize I was okay. That I did not need to be perfect, that I was hardly perfect at all.
But in the absence of being left, filled the void of the memories he took with him.
The yelling, the fights. The hands against skin, and burning pain. He was not good for me, yet I craved what he brought in a way of comfort.
Then there came someone new, someone with a bright smile and determination, one who would show and prove that he would never hurt me. Not like that, and he didn't.
He never hurt me, not once. Maybe I am getting to comfortable, or maybe there's something sweet and kind in knowing there's someone there for you, maybe it's okay to not be okay.
In this short amount of time, of finding myself, I have learned that it's okay to be imperfect, that it's okay to not be okay. That nothing else matters, as long as you are having fun.
Because of a boy, and his silly smile and his goofy words and his heart felt conversations. Maybe, just maybe, I'll be okay.
And even if I'm not, no matter what happens, I know i can be myself and not be something perfect.