To Be Honest

by Nelle Starling

i hope you know that you are everything i could ever need on the good days and the bad. you give me a reason to look forward to tomorrow when stepping one foot in front of the other feels impossible.

my head: i don’t think this is a good idea. my heart: but what if it is?

letting go means you loved yourself more than to keep holding on to something that hurt more than it didn’t.

and if you start to fall, you can lean in my direction because i promise i’m not going anywhere unless it’s with you.

repeat after me: loving them shouldn’t hurt.

i will take my time loving you, because what i know for sure is that i want this to last forever.

it’s okay to heal even if they don’t tell you they’re sorry.

so don’t leave yourself behind waiting for someone to change how they feel about you when you still haven’t met all of the people who will know how to love you back.

every version of yourself deserves forgiveness.

i hope that forgiving me isn't the hardest thing anyone has to do.

the sad truth is, we couldn’t keep each other forever, but i think it’s because we both knew there were other people who needed us more in this lifetime.

the truth is, tomorrow is a new day and it has the potential to be one of the best days of your life, but even if it's not, just remember that a bad day is still only 24 hours.

POV i am laying next to you as we start to fall asleep and my heart is happy because it knows that i'm finally kissing the right person goodnight.