Broken

I've got trust issues.

I've got abandonment issues.

I didn't grow up on hugs and kisses.

Never knew what love truly was. Only once in my childhood, did I hear those words. But soon after, loneliness and burden were all I felt.

No one hugged me or told me everything would be alright.

No one told me I made them proud.

No one showed compassion when I was sick.

I was just like Cinderella.

Only there were no talking animals looking after me.

There was never a prince that came to save me.

But you see, even through all of this, I can still love unconditionally.

I can provide all the love I craved.

But in the end, it's never enough.

I have trust issues.

I have abandonment issues.

It's only because, in the end, they always leave.

No one ever stays.

So, I won't tell you, that I love you.

I won't even hug you.

I'll give you my loneliness and let you feel as though you are a burden.

Because then, just maybe, you will never leave.