there's always been a little sadness inside my happiness.

i've never been able to separate the two.

do not let anyone in
until they love you so fiercely,
you have no defense against their love.

no one needs love from you
more than you need love from you.

love yourself first,
and you will always be in love.

you wanted it all to make sense
and you wanted the most complicated answer,
but the answer is simple.
just be.

hold company with yourself so sacred
that even when you are alone,
you are whole.

you have outgrown this skin.
stop trying to hold it in.
stop trying to hold it together.

let yourself break.