Because You Are Everything...

 

I don’t know when I stopped breathing for myself.
Somewhere along the years,
My lungs became an echo of you,
Filling with the air you leave behind,
Sustaining me in ways I never thought I’d need.

I see you—
Not the version you show the world,
But the one you hide.
The you who sits in silence when no one is watching,
Who carries the weight of words unspoken,
And pain unshared.
I see her, and I love her.
I love her more than I can explain,
And I’m begging you: let me love her too.

Let me in.
Not because I can fix you—
I know you think no one can.
Not because I’ll save you—
I know you think you’re beyond that.
But because I can try.
I can try to be the place you rest,
The arms that hold you steady
When the world is spinning too fast.

Show me what you hide.
Show me the wounds that still bleed,
The ones you don’t talk about.
Tell me the stories of the people who broke you,
The ones who taught you to shrink,
To fold in on yourself like you were too much to carry.

And let me remind you:
They were wrong.
Every single one of them was wrong.
You are not a burden.
You are not unworthy.
You are not the sum of their cruelty.

You think you’re nothing.
But you’re the reason I’m still here.
When my own shadows crept too close,
When my mind screamed for escape,
You were the voice that pulled me back.
Without even trying,
You gave me hope,
And now I am asking to return the favor.

Please, don’t go.
Don’t let the darkness take you from me.
Don’t let it convince you that this world doesn’t need you.
Because it does.
Because I do.

You are the only light I’ve known in years.
The only hand that has touched my soul
Without asking for something in return.
You are my peace,
My shelter,
The one thing that makes this life bearable.

If you can’t stay for yourself,
Then stay for me.
Stay so I can show you
The beauty you’ve forgotten,
The love you think doesn’t exist.

I know you think no one can understand.
But I want to try.
Let me sit with you in the silence.
Let me hold your hand
As you show me the ruins of your heart.
Let me see the scars, the wreckage,
And if I can’t take it away,
Let me stand beside you as you carry it.

Don’t leave.
Don’t believe the lies your mind tells you
When it’s quiet and dark.
You are not a failure.
You are not broken beyond repair.
You are not too much.
You are not nothing.

You are everything to me.
The reason I wake,
The reason I breathe,
The reason I believe there’s still good in this world.

Stay.
Even if it hurts.
Even if you think you can’t.
Stay, because you’re stronger than you know.
Stay, because there is still so much love
Waiting for you here,
In my heart,
In this life.

I will wait as long as it takes.
I will stand outside your walls,
Patient, unwavering,
Until the day you let me in.
And when you do,
I will love you so fiercely,
So completely,
That you will finally see yourself
The way I see you.

Stay.
Please.
Because without you,
I am nothing.