ELYSIAN ▹ quotes

xxxi.

❝ i look at you, and i can see it on your face.
you think you hide it, but i see you.

i see the hurt.
the dark circles beneath your eyes.
the quiet pleas dancing on your bottom lip.
too afraid to be voiced. too afraid to be heard. because you're too afraid to be hurt.

and i just want to take you and wrap you up in my arms. hold you. console you. tell you things that you'll believe, but don't seem to believe anything anymore because you have been deceived far too many times.

so i'll just look at you
and see the pain in your fake smile.
and i'll smile back.
i'll hear the attempted deception
when you tell me you're tired.
i'll say me too.

i know you're broken inside.
i see it on your face.

violets are blue, and so are you. ❞