Then you kissed my forehead . A forehead kiss means protection. Its respect. It says 'You're mine. Don't ever leave my side.' It says 'I care about you and I don't want you to get hurt.' It says 'I'll come between you and whatever tries to hurt you.' It says 'I love you and you're my baby." but In the end In the end, you hurt me in the exact ways I had begged you not to. But what shattered me wasn't even the pain itself. It was the realization that my honesty never became my safety. I opened my wounds so you would know how to hold me, and instead you learned exactly where I break. I trusted that being truthful would protect us, that loving you out loud would mean being loved gently in return. But all it did was teach you my weakest places. And that's the grief I still carry not that you hurt me, but that my truth became the reason I was hurt at all. Dimensions: 9:16 , 6 mb , Technique: Digitally hand painted by procreate