Stop Running Away

Stop running away
From the people you care about
Just because they can't be
Available for you
At your beck and call
Like you don't want to be
For other people.

Stop running away
Because you don't think
That anyone values you
Or wants you around
When clearly you matter
To those people that You
Have chosen to be in your life.

Stop running away
When you don't think
You matter or are good enough
Because the people you value
Also value you
Enough that they want
To see you happy.

Stop running away
Because you don't think
You can have the life
You want to have
And to become
The person that You
Want to be in this world.

Stop running away
Because the distance
You keep putting between
Yourself and your loved ones
Only hurts you both
At the end of the day
And doesn't make things better.