Why is it always me? Why am I the one who holds on? Why am I the one who fights to keep people close? Why is it always me who checks up, even when no one asks how I'm really doing? Why do I always try so hard, when no one ever tries for me' Not even once. Just once. I want someone who checks if I'm okay. Someone they stay for, without making me beg. Someone worth a little effort, a little fight, a little love. I'm tired of being strong. I'm tired of pretending that I don't need it back. I've been pouring from my heart for everyone else but now, all I'm asking is this. Just once. Love me like I love. Care like I care. Hold me like l've held you a thousand times in your silence. Just once. Is that too much to ask?