Hero for Loving Me

If I sit for too long I remember all the bad,

Every detail floods back like a horror movie on fast forward,

Eventually numbness takes over,

I am damaged far beyond repair,

My past doesn’t just haunt me,

It stalks me with passion,

I look at you and know that I don’t deserve you,

You deserve someone whole and beautiful,

Not weak and damaged,

My love for you is the realest thing I have ever felt,

I fear that my love is not enough to balance my damage,

I don’t understand why you love me as strongly as you do,

How in the universe did I get this lucky?

With you I have come to remember what being safe is,

Over half my life I longed to feel someone’s love for me,

Your love is the purest and soul the strongest,

You’re my hero and you may never understand why