Title: How to love someone who can't love herself

Type: Drabble/Poem

Genre: Romance, Slice of life

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“Do you know how to love someone who can't love herself?”

One.

When she cries herself to sleep seven nights a week, you must say nothing.

You must simply take her in your arms and kiss her pale gaunt cheeks, and wait for her to slumber at the sound of your heart.

Two.

On the days where she wishes she were part of the gleaming stars, tell her no.

Tell her that there are too many lights in the night-sky and that just one would be forgotten the moment you look away from it.

Tell her that she is perfect.
Perfect just the way she is: completely human.

Three.

Don't let her think about the scars that no one but her can see.

If she says: “I am broken.”, smile at her like you know a secret and say: “No, you're not. You're mending.”

Four.

Read her poetry, even if you're not a poet.

Read her poetry, the kind that uses flowery words and compares girls to the moon.

The kind that you will re-write for her.

Make her a warrior.

Make her a fighter.

With eyes like a wolf and a smile like a tiger.

Five.

Laugh with her, the first thing in the morning and the last thing before you fall asleep.

Tell her silly jokes that you've been thinking of for weeks.

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