welcome to my inner world
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Where we no longer have to suffer to grow.
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Where healing doesn’t have to be productive.
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Where play doesn’t have to prove its worth.
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Where we no longer have to suffer to rest.
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Desire doesn’t mean I’m behind.
Longing doesn’t mean I’m lacking.
Wanting doesn’t mean I’m incomplete.
I am allowed to want someone to walk beside me without abandoning myself. I am allowed to imagine being chosen without rehearsing rejection. I do not have to earn love through patience, performance, or endurance. I am not wrong for wanting to be met. I can want, and still be safe.