if I tell you that I need you,
do not take it lightly
I do everything I can to never have to depend on anyone,
to never show weakness,
and if I say that I need you,
it means I am trusting you to catch me when I fall

( unknown )

I used to think the pain in my chest was the part of me that missed you
but this pain is so much more than that
this pain is every part of me that you completed that's fading away
and the holes are opening up and they're getting wider
after all this time I realize that I found myself through you
I'm terrified now because you're gone,
and I'm so scared that I'm going to lose myself and the person you fell in love with
because of you I was me and I'm afraid that I'm going to forget how to be me without you

- WITHOUT YOU
( katie )

grief,
I've learned, is really just love.
it's all the love you want to give, but cannot.
all that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat,
and in that hollow part of your chest.
grief is just love with no place to go.

( JAMIE ANDERSON )