Dandelion

I was never afraid of loneliness...
I was afraid of people.
Their looks that slip into my soul uninvited,
and their intentions-unseen, yet painful.
I believed that closeness was weakness,
and distance was safety.
Until he came...
He didn't knock on my door,
didn't ask for permission,
he quietly slipped into my world
through a small screen,
from a city I had never stepped into.
He wasn't like anyone I had known,
and I didn't feel afraid of him...
and that was my very first mistake.
Because, for the first time,
I trusted.

_𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂
_𝑨𝒓𝒋𝒐𝒏𝒆