i love you. you are my best friend and i love you. your energy is so beautiful and comfortingly familiar. i can scoop some of it up between my hands and notice the soothing array of colors melding together. i can see it bend and tremor around you, even when everyone else fails to do so. it lingers in my home, nestling between forgotten spaces. i am filled with a strange melancholy once you leave. but once you are here you can curl up in the hollows of my heart and i will feel like a person once again. i am coming up for air and letting the sun tickle my skin. you grab me by the wrists and pull me up without fail. we will not let each other drown
when we’re around each other, we don’t need to be normal. we don’t need to be anything. no expectations weigh on us besides our own. the bond between us is unbreakable. i’ve bared the deepest trenches of my soul to you and instead of running away you treated me with compassion. i speak to so many people but it is all so boring and meaningless. with you i can unleash all of the words that have been caught in my throat, charged with exuberant energy. the words that i actually care about saying. they flow out of me like a river. it brings me a rare feeling of comfort.
being with you is like coming home, no matter where i am. our favorite snacks are in the pantry and a fluffy black cat weaves between our feet. it is beginning to rain outside, a curtain of drops illuminated only by streetlights. inky black crawls along the rooftops, but that is okay. nothing can get to us here. we switch on the tv, pop a bag of popcorn, and sit in silence. our tired souls rejuvenate as the calm quiet washes over us. it has been a long day. a long week. a long life. this winding road is only bearable with someone by my side and for that i am infinitely grateful.
sometimes, i feel strange expressing my affection towards you. lengthy declarations of love are usually reserved for spouses and significant others. our culture views romantic love as a deeper version of friendship. it’s more saturated, more nuanced. richer and deeper and stronger. i disagree with that sentiment. the way i feel about you is vast and expansive. i can spread my arms and turn to face the glorious sky. this is so much greater than any of our silly crushes. and it is so special. and i never want to let go of you.
when we’re around each other, we don’t need to be normal. we don’t need to be anything. no expectations weigh on us besides our own. the bond between us is unbreakable. i’ve bared the deepest trenches of my soul to you and instead of running away you treated me with compassion. i speak to so many people but it is all so boring and meaningless. with you i can unleash all of the words that have been caught in my throat, charged with exuberant energy. the words that i actually care about saying. they flow out of me like a river. it brings me a rare feeling of comfort.
being with you is like coming home, no matter where i am. our favorite snacks are in the pantry and a fluffy black cat weaves between our feet. it is beginning to rain outside, a curtain of drops illuminated only by streetlights. inky black crawls along the rooftops, but that is okay. nothing can get to us here. we switch on the tv, pop a bag of popcorn, and sit in silence. our tired souls rejuvenate as the calm quiet washes over us. it has been a long day. a long week. a long life. this winding road is only bearable with someone by my side and for that i am infinitely grateful.
sometimes, i feel strange expressing my affection towards you. lengthy declarations of love are usually reserved for spouses and significant others. our culture views romantic love as a deeper version of friendship. it’s more saturated, more nuanced. richer and deeper and stronger. i disagree with that sentiment. the way i feel about you is vast and expansive. i can spread my arms and turn to face the glorious sky. this is so much greater than any of our silly crushes. and it is so special. and i never want to let go of you.
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