Alecto

you are not a burden

you are loved and appreciated

the world is a better place because you exist

you're so so beautiful

your smile lights up the whole room

you are not a failure

you have so much potential

you will make your dreams reality

you being alive is the occasion

you deserve to eat

please hydrate

And it scares me, the thought that one day something so beautiful could become just a memory we look at from a distance. So today, I don’t want to hide behind silence anymore. I don’t want to lose you, not in any lifetime, not in any version of this story.

You’re not just someone in my life, you’re the feeling my heart settles into after a long, restless day, the softness I didn’t know I needed, the peace I didn’t know I was searching for. And the truth is, the idea of you becoming a “was” instead of an “is” breaks something inside me even before it happens. If I’ve ever stayed quiet, it wasn’t because I didn’t care, it’s because I cared so deeply that I was afraid, afraid of how much you mean to me, afraid of how much power your presence holds over my heart. But I don’t want fear to steal what love is trying to build. So hear me, truly hear me, you matter to me in ways I cannot measure, you are not a habit, not a convenience, not something I take for granted, you are a blessing I feel every single day. And if love demands vulnerability, then I’m ready to stand bare in front of it with all my truths, all my emotions, all my imperfections, because losing you wouldn’t just hurt, it would leave an emptiness that no time, no distraction, no moving on could ever fill.