my eyes, made to study your entirety.

I come with baggage.
Don’t expect me
to unpack it all
just because of you.

I mean,
I may open up a
zipper or two
But some things

are better
left
lost in an airport
or shoved under a bed.

Trust me.

—Baggage by A. V. Madison  (via elbesoie)

(via wide3yed-blog)

You are not clingy, or needy, or silly for having needs for affection and affirmation and attention within a romantic relationship. Those needs aren’t an embarrassing outgrowth of your low-self esteem or depression or whatever messy emotional issues you may have going on, that’s just basic shit that people need from each other. We of course should not make our partners responsible for meeting all of our emotional needs – it’s not someone’s else’s job to make you happy. But inside a healthy relationship, being able to show affection, pay attention, and demonstrate “you are amazing and important to me” is a pleasure, not some task or burden.

—Jennifer Peepas (via psych-facts)

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