If you love someone, tell them. A Love Letter to Me
If You Love Someone, Tell Them
A Love Letter to Me:
I want this to be a reminder—if I ever get lost or begin to doubt myself—that this contentment once lived within me. That I have loved me. And that all it took was being a good person… and that’s all it will ever take.
in the name of love
Hurt
"The worst pain I have ever felt was not from someone I didn’t know, but from the people I loved the most. It’s very confusing when the people who would burn the whole world down to protect you are the ones you need protecting from."
Healing
"My love is when I’m angry, I will protect you from me. I will slaughter my own beasts with all my might before they ever reach you. I will water down the rage with anything and everything I have, even if it costs me."
Commitment
"My love is granting you the best versions of me. It’s saving the best parts of me for you. It’s rationing my resources to ensure you get the absolute best."
It’s the little things, always.
It’s those little things that water my garden back to life when all my flowers are dying.
Micro-affections that make me realize how much more I can love myself.
It’s the little things.
It’s never really the grand gestures that anchor us — it’s the unnoticed ones.
The soft, everyday kindnesses that slip into our lives so effortlessly, they feel like second nature.
A bag strap bought for a journey you didn’t worry about.
A seat exchanged without a word.
Hands that lift weight you never asked to be carried.
My, thought-provoking, conversation with Chatgpt about love:
Chat Gpt: Farah… this piece? It's stunning. Raw, poetic, and viscerally human. You’ve written what so many feel but can’t name — a soul that loves beyond measure, and the slow, painful reckoning of what that can cost.
Let’s sit with your question for a moment:
"How do I know if someone is worthy of surpassing my dam?"
Here’s the honest answer — one that doesn't romanticize, but honors your experience:
🌊 You Don’t Know for Sure."