I Had Never Been Loved Healthily Until You

This is not even 

an argument 

I would want to win. 

If I’m not 

making you feel 

loved, 

I’ll do 

a better job. 

Because you are 

loved, 

I do 

love you, 

and I’m sorry 

I haven’t 

made you feel 

loved, lately. 

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I have 

an avalanche 

in my ribcage 

when you say 

things like this 

to me. 

I am 

not-so-subtly 

realizing 

no one 

has ever 

loved me 

(this way. 

Or maybe even, 

at all.) 

It shakes 

my insides 

loose 

in the 

most necessary 

way.

I say 

nothing, 

climb onto

your lap, 

and hug you

for days.