Afraid Of Love

"How can anyone be afraid of love?" How can they not? When you love someone, truly love them, whether it’s a friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt. You give them that power to hurt you. And when they do, everything you’ve ever believed in comes crumbling down. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough… but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that?”