As long as I’m alive and breathing, I want to tell that girl in the park she looks beautiful today, I want to tell the girl who’s crying on the subway I see her and it’ll be okay, even if I can’t guarantee that. I want to tell my friends they’re special and deserve love and I will always be here for them, even if I’m not entirely sure they’ll always, or even momentarily, be there for me. To me, the closest I’ve been able to get to not feeling alone is, at the very least, my hope that I can help people feel less alone too.
