One of the most interesting things about kink is how often “I want you to control me” actually means “I want to trust someone enough that I can stop controlling everything.”
To be loved is to be seen.
To be loved is to be heard.
To be loved is to be understood.
To be loved is to be considered.
To be loved is to be protected.
To be loved is to be supported.
To be loved is to be worth the inconvenience.
“Do you want kids” actually I want to be so deeply and safely inlove with a genuine, handsome, considerate, emotionally intelligent, healed provider of a man that the only feasible next option is to make him a father.
Beyoncé’s performance of ‘Be Alive’ from the film King Richard at the 2022 #Oscars
Beyoncé performed the song from the tennis courts in Compton where Serena & Venus Williams learned to play
Ngl people don't believe you when you say you're drowning. as long as you're still showing up. as long as you're breathing, answering texts, doing the bare minimum, they assume you're okay.
when you say you're tired, they hear lazy.
when you say you're scared for no reason, they say you're overthinking.
when your chest tightens and your mind won't shut up, they call it stress, nerves, something you should be able to control by now. panic attacks get brushed off.
depression gets softened into moods, something easier to ignore.
not until something finally breaks, not until it's loud and ugly and undeniable and only then do people say they had no idea, like you weren't asking to be seen the entire time.