From Fear to Something Beautiful

My past relationship left me with a lot of fear.

It wasn’t just heartbreak it was the kind of pain that makes you question people, love and even yourself.After that the idea of trusting someone again felt almost impossible.

When I met him I didn’t believe anything at first. A part of me kept thinking maybe he’s just pretending maybe he’s showing a personality that isn’t really his just to win me over. So I watched him carefully.I observed the small things the way he reacted the way he treated me the way he spoke about life.Maybe I even tested him a little without him realizing it. But time has a strange way of revealing the truth.And slowly I realized something that surprised me he wasn’t pretending.He really is this way.He’s gentle, supportive and honestly a little weird and dreamy just like me.

The parts of myself that I always thought people would find strange my weird dreams, my dark thoughts, my imagination he doesn’t judge them or laugh at them.Instead, he looks at me like those things are what make me special.Like my mind is a world he actually wants to explore

For the first time in a long while I feel understood.I feel safe And that’s something I never thought I would say again. Maybe love isn’t always painful maybe sometimes the right person just makes the darkness feel a little lighter.