Uma carta para o homem que me salvou

Antes de mais: Muito obrigado.

Before life surprised me and brought you to me, I was miserable. I didn’t even want to live. I had had enough. I was depressed and broken. Love had beaten me down.

O amor era o meu maior inimigo.

Before you came along, the man who I thought was ‘the one’ used me, and when he was done, the only thing he left were the shattered pieces of my broken heart. He didn’t care. He moved on.

Fui eu que tive de me curar sozinho. Fui eu que tive de lutar contra a depressão. Fui eu que tive de encontrar a coragem para voltar a sair. Ele continuou de onde tinha parado.

And then you came. You carefully took me and brought me back to life. You didn’t have to do that. It would have been easier for you if you didn’t do that. But still, you wanted to.

Obrigado.

Thank you for all the times you’ve been by my side. Even when I asked you to leave me alone, you were there. You kept your distance and you gave me space, but you were still there.

Thank you for every time you’ve climbed the walls I built around me.

Obrigado por ter encontrado a forma de chegar até mim.

Obrigada por me lembrares como sou bonita e digna.

Obrigado por me respeitarem como eu vos respeito.

Obrigado por loving me when I felt I didn’t deserve to be loved.

Desde o dia em que entraste na minha vida, apercebi-me de que tinha desejado muito que viesses. Apercebi-me que a minha vida de repente tem sentido. Percebi que estava a sentir a tua falta todo este tempo.

Having you by my side has brought me happiness and nothing else. Now, I know for sure, I’m going to be happy for the rest of my life. Now, I know I’m going to be loved unconditionally. Now I know I needed this—I needed your unconditional love from the start.

I thought that no one can understand me—that I am all alone—until you showed up and convinced me to think otherwise. Before, I imagined I would estar a viver uma vida solitária, sad life, but now, I can’t imagine a life without you.

To my love, the one that saved me—thank you for showing me that life is so much more than pain and suffering. Thank you for helping me learn to love myself. I would never have succeed if you hadn’t given me your unconditional love.

Thank you for putting up with my ‘crazy ideas’ and my different sides. Thank you for being there for me when I am at my worst. Thank you for smashing every single brick that I lay when I start building the wall around me. Thank you for not letting me hide inside.

Obrigado por me amares com os meus defeitos e o meu passado. Obrigado por partilhares comigo o fardo da vida. Obrigado por me amares.