Unconditional Love
I know how it feels to be different. I know how it feels to be ashamed of what you are. I know how it feels to be unable to change your fate. I know how it feels to see the people you love die. I know what it's like to feel nothing.
"I know."
"Well then I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It's what makes us who we are, and I like you very much."
"…thank you."
"You're welcome."
I'm not the only one who feels what I do. There are people who suffer with me. They fight the nightmares with me. They go through the bad times with me. They lift me up when I can't go on.
"We're not giving up on you."
"I don't deserve to be a part of this life."
"Don't say that, we need you."
"You don't understand, I'm nothing."
"Not to me, not to us. Please don't go."
I realized I needed them more than they needed me. They had become my support system, and somehow I also became theirs… and that scared me.
"I'm no good to you."
"That's not true and you know it."
"You deserve better."
"I deserve you."
No matter how many times I tried to fight it, the darkness that lurked inside of me would never cease to take control. It always lashed out and hurt everyone that got close to me. I had to leave before it was too late.
"I don't want to hurt you."
"Don't you understand that we need you? That I need you?
"Please, you're making this harder than it has to be."
"I love you."
The conversation wouldn't leave my mind. To be loved by someone was strange and it almost seemed impossible to perceive. I didn't think that love could ever involve me.
"What if I'm incapable of love?"
"I'll still love you regardless."
"I don't know what love is anymore."
"Then let me show you. Just stay."
And so I did.
A/N: Interpret it how you wish