"this is my family now"

I am unprepared for the old hurt that flares, the words that echo across the years to remind me that those bonds will always be deeper, stronger, older and more important than these. Only what is left is mine.

I respect you for not telling me a lie that we would both know to be untrue.
I love you for the love that you give
I love you for the person that you have become through them

but I wish I was bigger than this

I wish I was bigger than this