Not a burden

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“NOT A BURDEN”

You say sorry before you even speak

Like your whole existence takes up too much space

Got your hands shaking reaching out to me

Like I’m one bad day from walking away

But I’ve seen you surviving on fumes

Seen you smile while your world caves in

And I know what it looks like

When somebody’s taught they’re hard to love again

And I hate the way you flinch

Every time you need somebody

Like pain made you believe

Love always comes with conditions

You were never a burden to me

Never too loud, too broken, too needy

I chose you in the wreckage

I choose you when it’s messy

And if your whole world burns down

I’ll stand in the smoke till you can breathe

Everybody else made love feel heavy

Like you had to earn being seen

But you were never a burden to me

I know what it’s like carrying ghosts

Acting tough cause falling apart costs too much

Making jokes while your chest caves in

Cause silence hurts less than opening up

And maybe we’re both a little damaged

Maybe we both got blood on our hands

From trying to save everybody else

While forgetting how to stand

But I’ll sit with your darkness

I won’t turn you into a problem

You don’t gotta hide the hurt

Just to keep somebody loving you

You were never a burden to me

Never too loud, too broken, too needy

I chose you in the wreckage

I choose you when it’s messy

And if your whole world burns down

I’ll stand in the smoke till you can breathe

Everybody else made love feel heavy

Like you had to earn being seen

But you were never a burden to me

So stop saying sorry

For the days your hands shake

For the nights you go quiet

For the weight that you carry

You don’t have to bleed alone

You don’t have to disappear

Just because the world taught you

Love leaves when things get hard

I’m still here

You were never a burden to me

Not when you’re strong

Not when you’re barely sleeping

Not when the whole damn world feels too much to hold

I’ll still reach for your hand

Even on the nights you can’t love yourself

Cause loving you was never the hard part

Watching you believe you’re hard to love is.