(A/N: here's a prime example of starting one way and ending another. this didn't used to be how it started, but I sat down, looked at it, decided I hated it, and rewrote it!)

"I just want someone to hug me

and tell me I'm not as worthless as I think I am."

i need a hug.

I hate myself

right now,

and only YOUR hug

will make it better.

not anybody else's

yours.

because your hugs are magic.

and right now my head is heavy,

my heart is hurt,

and it feels like I've got the weight of the world

on my shoulders right now.

your hug seems to take

away some of my burden.

but only YOUR hug.

when I say,

"I need a hug"

I mean,

"please come tell me you care,

with your hug"

because right now I feel

like nobody does care,

I don't WANT to heal,

but maybe a hug?

because your hugs are magic

picking me up when I've fallen,

saved me from laying on the ground.

comforting and loving,

warm arms wrapping around.

stomach doing butterflies 

and I can't even SEE you 

one look into your beautiful eyes

causes my heart to melt.

"so will you hold me

when I can't be strong?"

what if you were what 

made my knees weak?

nope, I'm a nut.

it's not a spell!

but your hugs seem to be magic.

please come tell me I'm wanted

because a hug tells you more,

than words can ever say.

and your hugs are magic.

Lauren 💛