you deserve better than to be called pretty
you deserve better than to get upset and go online to act petty.
you deserve better than to be on hold.
you deserve better than to hold onto someone who's already let go.
you deserve better than to be held in convenience.
you deserve better than to keep your relationship lowkey because.
someone might see
someone might ask questions
and someone might wonder why someone like you would rather hang around a boy who wont commit when someone like them is ready to love you.
is ready to learn you.
ready to show you -
who you are.
paint you a picture of you through his eyes and convince you that you are indeed art.
show you the way he's mesmerized the way your broken heart still beats
the way it flutters when whole eyes and yours meet
the way it silences to express its beat.
show you how much he realizes you need healing from this hurting.
i know you.
i know something about what you've been through.
i know some days feel like heavy weights and hearts with protection that you've failed to break through and i know what it's like to put heart break on hold for the love of your life who forgot relationships take two.
i know he forgot to say i love you, too
i know he forgot to stay faithful.
i know you forgot about the time you promised yourself you'd do better but every time you try to leave something keeps pulling you back - telling you
this is the best you'll ever have in life.
so you stay the night. - - - every night he misses you after remembering your head and how good it works.
and how good it feels to know no matter how bad it gets - you'll always come back.
I know you.
and he does too.
we know the way your stomach drops at the thought of him loving someone better.
so he knows you wont search for better
and I know you deserve better.
I know you deserve better than to have your spirit bruised.
I know you deserve someone who empowers you.
I know just how beautiful you could be if only you could see your own value.
I know you.
you're a collection of paradox's
you're a compilation of food for thought
you're a woman - before all things.
you're more a lover than a fighter - after all it seems.
you're special.
and I know you know you deserve better than to settle.

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