This is just a quick message to tell you all that I care, because it's after midnight and I hurt inside because I see so many other people hurting and I won't be able to sleep if I don't get this out.
I care about what you have to say. I care about your quality of life. I care and I hurt when you are treated badly. I care that you feel small. I hate that people discriminate or judge you based on adjectives that do not do anything to change the fact that you are a human being. I care when you are snapped at. When you feel unloved. When you have fights. I care when you make mistakes and feel guilty, or like you're not good enough. I even care when you're happy.
When you are scared, I am scared with you. I do not know what you go through, and I won't claim to, but I am a silent, steady hand that will attempt to reach out to you when I can. I care that you don't have a voice. I care when someone hurts you. I care about all the reasons you do not love yourself. I forgive you for your mistakes. For the hurtful words you blurted out in the midst of anger, for the times you have pushed people away.
I might be way more emotional than the average person (as I am constantly told by professionals!) but there is not a thing that you can do that will make me not care. I might not have enough fingers on my hands to offer them out to you all but I keep you in my thoughts every single day. I wish you didn't hurt, that I could take away how scared you are, how alone you feel; that I could stand up for you when you feel rejected, or judged, or upset. I can't. I am just a twenty-two year old sitting behind a laptop in a small Australian suburb, and I hurt because I cannot make it all okay for you, so for now, this is the best that I can offer.
I care about you. And that can mean as little or as much to you as you like, but I'm always here, and I'll always fight for you.