Don't do it, they told me.
You'll regret it, they warned me.
Once you let him back in, you'll be hurt, be burned again.
He will do it again, you'll see.
Please, just walk away, let him be.

But I couldn't resist his words, his smile.

He opened his arms for me.
He wrapped around my heart so softly
I almost didn't know he was there.

He was so welcoming, so kind, so loving
He could reach into every crevice of my heart until there was no part of my heart that did not have him there.
I felt so complete with him.
I saw colors I had never seen.
Music had new depth and complexity.
I lived life more completely than I had ever done before.
Oh, how I loved the feeling!
And feelings!
Hate was darker, love brighter, every feeling stronger than I'd ever felt.
I wondered how I had lived before he came along.
It was as if he had always been here
and I could not imagine it any other way.
Oh my dear God, and then –
The tearing and ripping of my heart began.
It was exactly as they said.
No part of my heart was left undamaged.
I thought I would die.
I hoped I would die.
I was scarred, damaged, broken beyond repair.
I fell to the depths, after living on the heights...

If you take him in, if you bring him into your heart,
Don't let him hurt you,
Don't let him burn you.
They were right.
And knowing what I know, having been hurt so many times before,
if ever I get the chance to go through this all over again...

I would.