People have always said I'm easygoing because I don't ask for anything.
What they didn't realize is that I don't ask for anything because the very people I trusted—the ones who claimed to love me—made me feel like a burden anytime I did.

I learned to keep quiet about my needs, to silence my voice.
But all that really taught me was this:
I was only good for what I could provide.
Being treated more like a convenience than someone deserving of love,
The kind of love I truly needed,
Has been...