By Samantha Syrnich (TLC)
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Creator,
please protect me from the ones I love
who never learned how to love me back.
Guard my heart from their harm,
their manipulation,
their indifference dressed as care.
Place a shield between my softness
and their brokenness.
Let my spirit stay open—
but not exposed.
Let my heart stay tender—
but not targetable.
And if anyone I love comes toward me
with hands that wound instead of hands that hold,
please redirect them…
far from my peace,
far from my path,
far from the parts of me I worked so hard to rebuild.
Protect me,
Creator,
from those
who enjoy my vulnerability
but refuse my humanity.
Protect me from those
who love my presence
but not my well-being.
I am your child.
Please keep me safe
from anyone who calls themselves love
but behaves like harm.
— Samantha Syrnich (TLC)
The Phoenix Quill: Words Born of Fire, Inked in Truth 