The Ones Who Say They'll Protect Your Heart...

They’re the ones who always get their heart ripped out because they’ve given it to people who didn’t know how to protect it.

They never deserved to be treated and hurt like they were. They were one of the good ones with a kind heart that got taken advantage of. They were just an innocent bystander in a street full of corruption. They’re the ones who always want to see the best in people no matter what everyone else says. They’re the ones who, no matter how much pain someone has caused them, always choose love. They’re the ones who have been treated like a slave to the ones who they treated as kings and queens. They always put up more than they deserve because the love they give is bigger than themselves. They’re the ones who treat the ones they care about like everything, even if they are treated like nothing. They care about others so much that sometimes they forget to care about themselves.

They’re the ones who haven’t lost all hope. They’re the ones the world needs. They’re the good ones.

They’re the ones who actually mean it when they say they will protect your heart. They’re the ones who you can believe. The ones who you can trust. Because the ones with big hearts who have been treated the worst will treat you the best. They know how you deserve to be treated and will appreciate you and value you how you deserve to be. They’re the ones whomean what they say with their whole heart.

They’ve been put through hell by the ones who they loved most. They’ve endured it all because of the innocence of their love.

They trusted people who promised not to hurt them. They’ve cared about people who didn’t care about them. They’ve been real with people who were only fake to them. They’ve believed things that people have said because they didn’t know they weren’t supposed to. They’ve been the best lovers in a a sea full of bad fish. They’ve been hopeless romantics in a society that has lost its sense of romanticism. They’ve had high expectations for people who never had any expectations. They’ve been pawns in games that they didn’t even know they were a part of. They've loved people unconditionally who took pleasure in abusing their heart. They've given a selfless love to selfish people. They've loved people who would never be able to return that love. They've fought for people who never noticed their absence. They've shed tears for people who never even gave a thought to their feelings.

They’ve been hopeless romantics trying to exist in an ocean full of cynics.

The ones who have been hurt the worst will take care of your heart because they’d never want you to feel what they've felt. All the pain that they’ve been through they’d never want someone else to feel. They understand what you’ve been through. They can empathize with you because they’ve felt that. They’ve felt so much pain. They have a heart of gold that gives so much love and feels so much pain, but regardless of what others do to them, they never choose to hate. Only those who have been through hell can understand and not put you through that again.

It’s a challenge to give such a great love to a world of heartless lovers.

The love they give is a bigger love than most people deserve, that most people are capable of giving and receiving. It’s the kind that sometimes they wish they could control, but they can’t. It’s just who they are. A great love that will cause them a lot of pain along the way, but someday they know it will be worth it. They’ve just given their big heart to people with small ones. Someday, they’ll find someone who will protect their heart. Someone who will love as deeply as they do. Someone who will take care of their heart. Someone who won’t take advantage of their love. Someone who won’t break their heart.

Because they’re the ones who never deserved what they got. Their hearts never deserved to be abused like they were.

They are the ones who will care more than you can ever imagine, and even the thought of hurting you will hurt them. They treat your heart as their own and would rather be in pain than cause you pain. Everything they’ve been through hasn’t changed their hurt, it’s just brought understanding. It’s taught them things that they need to be taught. It’ll make their innocent love a more real love. It’ll make them put up walls that they never wanted to put up. It’s helped their naiveté towards people mature into realists. It’s helped them have a new appreciation for when people come along who deserve their love. It’s helped them realize how rare those are. It’s helped them love deeper because they’ve been on the receiving end of being with someone who didn’t care about protecting their heart. And they know that no one deserves that.

They’re the ones who, when they say they will protect your heart, they will.