I Can't Love Or Be Loved Like I Deserve

Those cracks that formed in your 19 years of life—that’s how the light gets in.

Artwork: Tess Emily Rodriguez

CN: ideation 

Q.

Erin,

I can't love or be loved like I deserve to be. 

I don't know if it's me or I'm cursed, but I need help.

I grew up in a toxic family where my dad always got drunk and smoked. He stopped smoking and drinking when I was a teenager but argued and fought wit…