​Woman

I can’t marry you—

not because I don’t love you, but because I do.

I have seen hatred in the eyes I once fell for, for the very thing I am.

One day, you might look at me and see less— not a partner, just a woman.

And that word has never felt safe.

I want to protect the love I feel for you.

I’d rather lose you now than learn to fear you later.

I love you too much to risk hating you.