I'm such a Pussy with love, but why?

Oh love! Love makes you feel warm and fuzzy one minute and the next you want to run away from it, well at least in my case. I'm pretty great at running away when love happens. Maybe it's my generation and the fucked up ideology that the grass is greener on the DM side. Maybe it's the fact I have daddy issues and fear of abandonment. Maybe I feel as though leaving them first we I won't be left feeling stupid when they dump me. Whatever the case is, I'm tired of running.I want to love, but how? How does the heart let go of the comfort of solitude when for so long its been mistreated. Time? Meditation? Closure? Or do I just go for it and find love? I had no clue, so I stopped looking.  I gave up on my mission and exactly when I did that love found me. What type of love do you ask? The love for myself.  Look, hear me out. In order to love proper you have to be right within. There is no way in hell that you can accept love and give love if you are not right within yourself. It took me a while to self heal from my past, from my abusers, from the lack of love from my father, and most importantly to heal from my fear of abandonment.  Honestly, I'm still healing and still struggling and that's ok because now I know my truth.  The path to enlightenment starts with facing yourself and your fear. I no longer want to fear love.  Am I ok with the pain attached to love? Maybe, but if I don't ever try I will never know.I created this piece because the possibility of love and wild sex has found me and challenged me as of late. I'm excited, scared, and vulnerable. Even with all those emotions, I'm finally ready to let go of my fear.I dedicate this post and artwork to my self-love and what that energy has brought to my life. -ZaiOhmy