I Hope You Know You Are Safe With Me
i wish she knew that she doesn’t have to explain everything to me.
there are days when she feels everything a little deeper than usual. hari-hari ketika pikirannya terlalu ramai, hal kecil terasa berat dan bahkan dirinya sendiri mungkin ga ngerti kenapa hatinya terasa aneh.
“i wish she knew that she doesn’t have to explain everything to me.”
aku ga selalu bisa ngerti apa yang lagi dia rasain, ga selalu tau kata-kata apa yang bisa bikin dia tenang. but i want to learn. i want to understand her, even on the days when she struggles to understand herself.
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kamu ga harus selalu jadi versi dirimu yang ceria setiap kali sama aku. you don’t have to hide your tears, force a smile, or pretend that everything is fine just because you don’t want to be a burden.
aku juga mau kenal kamu yang lagi capek, yang gampang nangis, yang overthinking, yang mungkin hari ini cuma pengen diem tanpa harus menjelaskan apa-apa.
because loving you was never just about loving the happy parts of you. it’s about making room for the feelings you don’t know where to put, too.
aku ga mau kamu merasa harus buru-buru baik-baik aja cuma supaya aku ga khawatir. take your time, my love. you are allowed to feel things, even when they don’t make sense yet. aku sayang kamu bukan cuma saat kamu gampang diajak ketawa, bukan cuma saat kamu manis dan penuh cerita. i love you on the quiet days, the difficult days, and the days when your own feelings become a little too much for you.
jadi hari ini, kalau kamu lagi ngerasa semuanya berat, jangan terlalu keras sama diri sendiri, ya. you are still you. still someone worth loving, still someone worth understanding, and still someone i want to know more about. you don’t have to earn my tenderness by being okay. just be you, my love. even today.
and if there’s one thing i hope you never forget, it’s this.
“you don’t have to be okay for me to love you.”
