Twenty Eight: 5. Stay

Nobody hates you.

I’m not going anywhere.

The silence is as loud as the noise.

In the panic. Through the fear.

You still love them. But you can’t love you.

Your scars are clear. Inside and out.

Because the world is hard. I know.

You didn’t ask for this. At all.

But it’s all worth it.

We’ll make it all worth it.

I’ll show you how.

There’s still a place for you here.

Yes, we overthink things.

Yeah, we overanalyse.

But I promise, you’re not a burden.

I promise, all the lies aren’t true.

Through the good days and the bad,

through the darkness and the weight,

when everything is falling apart,

I’m not going anywhere.

Nobody hates you.

Stay.

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