Trust? Love?

The deeper you love someone, the greater power they have to hurt you. So love wisely. I would say that I'm afraid to love, but it's a little to late for that since I'm already head-over-heels. Just be careful with my heart - it's fragile. I met you, I was afraid to kiss you. I kissed you, I was afraid to love you. I loved you, I was afraid to lose you. I lost you... Didn't I? I'm afraid to fall in love with you because I know I'll get hurt, but it's too late to stop myself... I've already begun to stumble. I'm afraid of TRUSTING people, because everyone  that said will be there LEFT!! Don't you hate it when you REALLY wanna talk to someone but your afraid to cause you don't think its okay to talk to them after what happened? I'm afraid to fall, but all you have to do is whisper "But, I have wings!" I have a hard time following my heart now, I did that before and ended up leaving a trail of tears walking away from what I thought was happiness. Trust issues. When I met you, I so did not plan on liking you nor loving you. Now that I do, I'm afraid to take a chance, I do not want to get hurt again. You may not know this, but every time I look at you, I love you just a little bit more! When your heart and your head are telling you different things and you're scared of what both of them are saying, what do you do? I'm not afraid of trying, but of being let down. I'm not afraid of falling, but of hitting the ground. Sometimes we are afraid to let ourselves feel things because of past experiences but why do we run away from something that could be very special in the future? I wish you were here, beside me, holding me, telling me that its gonna be okay. It sucks when you love someone but are afraid to tell them how you feel, out of fear that they don't love you back fully. How do you let go when every fiber of your soul is saying, "Hold on and give it one more try."? There is a thin line between being understanding & supportive and being gullible & naive and sometimes it is hard to determine on which side of the line you are on. How do you know that you truly love someone? For me, it is the pain I feel knowing that they are going thru a painful and trying time. Their pain becomes mine.