The Door to your Heart Must Open

You ask me for love,
for a man who will see you,
choose you,
cherish you as you are.

But tell me,
have you made space for him?
Have you cleared the rubble from your heart?
Or is he meant to climb through the ruins
of every man who came before him?

You say you want a man who is strong,
but do you truly want to trust his strength?
Or do you fear it,
call it dangerous,
see it as something to control?

You say you want a man who is kind,
but will you let him care for you?
Or will you dismiss his efforts,
push away his love,
prove to yourself that you are safer alone?

You want a man who stays,
but will you let him stand beside you?
Or will you test him,
make him earn what should be freely given,
measure him against wounds
that were never his to heal?

Love is not just about finding him.
Love is about being ready for him.

You are not weak for wanting love.
You are not wrong for longing for him.
But you must ask yourself,
are you ready to receive him?

Not to control him.
Not to fear him.
Not to make him pay for the sins of the past.

But to meet him as he is.

Open your heart.
Not just for him,
but for yourself.

The door to love is before you.
But you must be the one
who chooses to open it.