"I found the hardest parts of you the easiest to love. And it wasn't the way you flaunted your frame when you were spitting fire that made it so, but the conviction in your eyes that made everything easier. I knew every time you yelled that it was only passion coming to the surface. I understood that all the moments of side-eye and passive comments was the work of untrustworthy suitors; individuals who could never know your worth no matter how much value was placed in front of them. With every curse and curled fist aimed at my conscience, I knew you were fighting yourself as much as me. I saw the fear behind your eyes when you screamed. I recognized the insecurity. You didn't want me to leave; you just wanted more love. And I saw that. I saw the real you in your flaws; as beautiful as they were deadly."
Columbia Heights














