0:00I never knew what true love was until I met you.
0:03And honestly, it scared the mess out of me.
0:08I don't think you ever understood just how intense my feelings for you became.
0:13I was used to being in control.
0:15I knew how to keep people at a distance.
0:18I knew how to protect myself.
0:20I knew how to walk away before I got too attached.
0:24Then you came into my life, and suddenly none of that worked anymore.
0:28My feelings for you didn't grow slowly
0:31They hit me
0:33There were moments when I'd be sitting somewhere completely normal
0:37Doing something completely ordinary
0:40And suddenly I'd think about you
0:42And feel this overwhelming rush through my whole body
0:45I'd want to hear your voice
0:48I'd want to know what you were doing
0:50I'd want to tell you something that happened during my day
0:54I'd want to see you
0:56and the more I realized how much I wanted you in my life
1:00the more frightened I became
1:02because I couldn't control it
1:05I couldn't talk myself out of it
1:08I couldn't convince myself that you were just another person I cared about
1:12you weren't
1:14you became someone who mattered to me in a way I wasn prepared for and instead of admitting that I ran I wish I could tell you I had some deep reasonable explanation for it I don I was scared Scared of needing you Scared of how
1:35much your opinion started to matter to me. Scared of how easily you could hurt me because I cared
1:40so deeply. And if I'm being completely honest, I was scared because I didn't understand why you
1:47wanted me. You were so good to me. Your love felt pure. You didn't make me earn every little bit of
1:55affection you gave me. You didn't make me feel like I had to perform or pretend to be somebody else.
2:02And in the process, I hurt the person who was actually trying to love me.
2:08That's something I've had to sit with. Because you didn't deserve that. You didn't deserve to
2:15wonder why I suddenly became distant. You didn't deserve to question whether you had done something
2:21wrong. You didn't deserve to feel like your love wasn't enough. Your love was never the problem.
2:29I was just overwhelmed by how much it meant to me. And now I understand something I didn't
2:36understand back then Real love isn always comfortable Sometimes real love brings every insecurity you tried to hide right to the surface It makes you realize you actually have something to lose
2:52And that's what happened with you.
2:54You became someone I couldn't casually walk away from emotionally,
2:59even when I physically created distance.
3:02I still carry you with me.
3:05There are things I see and immediately think,
3:08you would love this.
3:09there are moments when something happens
3:12and my first instinct is still to tell you
3:15then I remember that we're not where we used to be
3:18and that realization hurts
3:21because I know I created that distance
3:24I know I can't just come back
3:26and expect you to open your arms
3:28like nothing happened
3:29I know I have to earn back the trust I damaged
3:33and I'm willing to do that
3:35I don't want another chance because I'm lonely
3:38I don't want another chance because I miss having someone there
3:42I want another chance because I finally understand what you were offering me
3:47You were offering me something I had spent so much of my life wanting
3:52and didn't recognize when it finally showed up
3:55You were offering me love without all the games
3:59Love that didn't require me to constantly wonder where I stood
4:03Love that felt safe And I ran from it because I didn believe I deserved it I sorry I sorry for every time my fear made you feel unwanted
4:15I'm sorry for making you question something that was real to me.
4:20And I'm especially sorry that I made you feel like loving me was a mistake.
4:24It wasn't.
4:26You were never a mistake.
4:28Meeting you wasn't a mistake.
4:31Loving you wasn't a mistake.
4:32The mistake was letting my fear convince me that I had to run from something beautiful
4:38So if there's still a small part of your heart that remembers me
4:43If there's still a part of you that wonders whether I ever truly loved you
4:48I did
4:49I do
4:51And I want you to know that I'm not asking for everything to be fixed overnight
4:55I'm asking for the opportunity to show you that I finally understand
5:00I want another chance to do this differently
5:04to stay when things get intense
5:07to talk instead of disappearing
5:09to let myself be vulnerable instead of pretending I don't care
5:14to stop questioning why you love me
5:16and finally believe that maybe
5:18I am worthy of being loved by you
5:21because if you can find it in your heart
5:24to give me another chance
5:25I won't run this time
5:28I'll stay
5:29and I'll do everything I can to make it right with you.