Stepbrothers' Darling

by K.A. Knight

Your hyper-independence isn’t a strength, it’s a weakness.

Being a friend doesn’t mean blind adoration, it means calling you on your shit when you need it.

I’ll be kinder to myself. I’ll forgive myself because it wasn’t my fault.

Sometimes I sink into that darkness when I don’t mean to, and everything becomes overwhelming, but a bit of time and perspective can help a lot. Not to mention having people to lean on.

What they think are flaws are what makes you uniquely beautiful.”

my past had to happen so I could be here,

“Go, be safe. I can’t do what I need to if I don’t know you’re okay, baby girl. This isn’t me doubting your strength or conviction, this is me needing to protect my family. To protect what’s mine and make them pay for even daring to be in your fucking presence.”

I will spend the rest of my life pulling her back into the light and making her laugh by showing her the love she deserves.

I will always be there, watching her back and holding her up when she feels weak.

“I’d kill everyone in this fucking world for you,” I admit. “Anyone or anything, just to see that smile, just for you to sleep through the night again without bad dreams.”

“Blood in, blood out. Family isn’t always blood, but who you are willing to spill blood for.”

“Sometimes just getting up in the morning and living is the hardest thing to do when it would be so easy to give in to the bad thoughts and numbness. But we can’t. We can’t let the days pass us consumed by doubts and what-ifs. That’s not living, that’s surviving.

So keep fighting, my love. Don’t give up on yourself

there’s always a tomorrow if you fight hard enough.

do I fear the thing more than the fear of never doing it?

Not everything will work out, but those are the things that teach you what being alive is about.

the stars always come out, the sun always rises, and the world keeps turning.