Release

“There she was, at 4am, in your bed. You loved her then, didn’t you? She was wearing your duvet like a cape, with her head poking out. She loved you back; she really did. You said, “I don’t know what to do. I’ve never met anyone like you.” She said simply, “kiss me.” So you did. You lifted her chin and kissed her mouth and swallowed her giggles whole. You felt her sunshine fill your lungs as she wrapped her arms around your neck. You felt the duvet fall as she leant forward. “Tell me a secret,” she said. She was always saying these things. “I’ve told you everything already,“ you said. Your lips were on her neck. “Tell me a secret,” she repeated. “Okay,” you sighed, “I love you.” “Tell me a secret.“ “I’ve always loved you.””

“The hard part about break ups and moving on is that the new guy doesn’t care about my mom’s artwork or how my brother’s baseball team is doing. He doesn’t know what kind of sushi I like (shrimp tempura) or where I am at 7pm on Tuesdays (spin class). He has to ask me what I want to watch on Netflix (always The Office) and worst of all- he’ll never, ever know how much you hurt me.”

“Even if you come home late and I’m already asleep, just whisper in my ear one little thought you had today. Because I love the way you look at the world. And I’m so happy I get to be next to you and look at the world through your eyes.”

“I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you’re everything that exists; the reality of everything.”

“Stop what you are doing. Go outside and breathe. The world will not end if you take ten minutes for yourself.”

“Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.”

“You craft your love for them from your own expectations. A version almost God, a demand for perfection inside your head. But when you see the demons they fight and the flaws they have, you realise they are only human and they fall, like Lucifer fell from the heavens into hell’s depths.”

“The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day…”

“Do you think the universe fights for souls to be together? Some things are too strange and strong to be coincidences.”