Perhaps it has made me more careful with my heart, but not less generous. And I see you have been hurt. It is impossible not to, when you recognise what is familiar.
And while I don’t wish to bond over trauma, I wish to be with someone who understands. Someone who knows what it is to live through such pain. But I also need someone who will also refuse to let such hurt stop them from loving fiercely, and living fully.
Perhaps I have a lot of requirements, when it comes to wanting or needing someone in my life. Because I am comfortable alone. Anything more is a wonderful gift. And I know that when I give up solitude, it will be for someone who knows that solitude too, and can sit with pain. Who is steady in the storm, and present for all that we are and may become together.
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E.B. Mahoney
Aspiring author, artist, and sleep deprived student. Based in Australia, E.B. Mahoney enjoys climbing trees, playing a real-world version of a fictional sport, and writing in the scant spare time she has left.
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. Outstanding!