Let Me In...

 
I see you there,
A fortress carved of shadow and silence,
Every stone a scar,
Every wall a memory of someone who taught you
That love was a weapon
And trust was a wound waiting to happen.

But I am not them.
I am not the echoes that haunt your halls,
Not the ghosts that call your name with empty promises.
I am here, flesh and blood,
And I will stand in the storm of your defenses
Until you let me through.

Let me in.
Not to take from you,
Not to demand your strength,
Not to claim your broken pieces as my own.
But to see you—
To know the woman behind the silence,
The girl who learned too young
That the world could be cruel.

Show me the cracks where the light used to pour in,
Before someone sealed them with shame.
Let me trace the outlines of your pain,
Not to fix you,
But to honor what you’ve survived.

Tell me who taught you
That you were less than worthy,
And I will fight their lies with everything I have.
Tell me who broke your heart,
And I will gather the shards of it,
Even if it cuts me open to hold them.

You see yourself as nothing,
But to me, you are the only thing.
The only reason I still wake,
Still breathe,
Still fight the darkness that calls my name.
You are the calm in the chaos of my mind,
The one place I have found peace
In a life that has known none.

You say you’re too far gone,
But I have seen the fire in your soul,
Even when it’s only embers.
You say you’re unworthy of love,
But you are the only one who has given it freely,
Without asking for anything in return.

Don’t you see?
You saved me.
Without even trying,
Without even knowing,
You’ve kept me alive.
How can I let you fall
When you are the reason I’ve stood for so long?

Please, stay.
Not for me—though God knows I’d break without you—
But for the woman you could become
If you let yourself be free.
Stay for the days when the weight is less heavy,
For the moments when laughter slips through unguarded.
Stay for the girl who still dreams
Somewhere beneath the rubble of the past.

Let me in.
Not to change you,
But to love you exactly as you are.
Let me love you the way you need to be loved,
Until you see what I see:
That you are enough,
That you have always been enough,
And that the world is better with you in it.

So take my hand.
Let me walk with you through the dark.
Let me shoulder the pain you think is yours alone.
Because you don’t have to do this by yourself.
And because I can’t imagine a life
Where your light no longer exists.

Stay.
For me, for you,
For the love you deserve,
For the life you haven’t yet lived.
And I promise—
I will be here, always,
Loving you,
Holding you,
Until you find the strength to love yourself.