What We Were vs What We Were Not
We were constellation logicβ Fire and air and steel and storm, A promise whispered by our stars To ignite and rebuild something more. We were blueprint loversβ The kind they…
Love is not a spotlight
To lie about being in love with someone is to steal from them. It is not just a fibβit is an emotional heist. You are not just misrepresenting your feelings.…
Occasionally Sincere
Rewrite This Like a Human: A Workbook for the Chronically Confused, Emotionally Constipated, and Occasionally Sincere (Subtitled: βThe Language of Grown-Ups Who Have Stopped Auditioning for Martyrdom.β) Lesson One: βI…
Under The Surface
Fear moulds the surface, but never heals what is beneath. It just teaches kids to hide betterβto flinch faster. Not to understand, not to trust, and not to respect. Respect…
Ringfinger
Wrap my eyes in bandagesConfessions I see throughI get everything I wantWhen I get part of you The Only One vs. The Place-marker The Only One: They expect access to…
Love Of My Life
In relationship therapy, I once took a test that scored me remarkably low on commitment. The results were politely blunt: You do not really see the point, do you? Rudeβbut…
Yet another plot twist
That moment when the fog lifts and suddenly you notice: βwho brought you tea without asking. βwho remembered your favorite song. βwho sent you that meme that made you belly…
Static in the Sweetness
Electrical or magnetic induction: Influence. What are you allowing to influence you? We talk about influence like it is this abstract fogβsomething we drift through but cannot name. But it…
love β trust
Are love and trust synonymous? That question. That is one of the old onesβthe kind people whisper in the middle of the night when they are staring at a ceiling…
Are you feeling this too?
Holding people against their will is kidnapping. Let people go as they please Distance is not the amount of space between people; it is the amount of things that are…