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journal fifteen.

When did you know you were done? And why didn’t you tell me then? Was it while I carved our initials in trees? You waited until I carved it in my skin. While I dreamt of you as I slept And spoke your name into the wind, You left my presence behind closed doors WhileContinue reading “journal fifteen.”

wash, rinse, repeat.

They say love blinds you, but if you asked me, I’d tell you they all lied. Desire blinds you. Desperation blinds you. Fear blinds you. Love is just what we nickname it. We aren’t made to handle ugly truths. I did everything that they say one does after heartbreak. I cried. I screamed. I cursedContinue reading “wash, rinse, repeat.”

journal twelve.

And I think what hurts the most is the forever I imagined — that forever with you. I think back to all those talks of being side by side forever, to all those jokes of our eventual, inevitable “I do.” Now all those conversations of exploring the world together, of growing old together are noContinue reading “journal twelve.”

journal four.

We don’t fall in love with people. We fall in love with moments—with the calm of hands running through hair, with the tickle of laughter against skin, with the warmth of a body nearby. We don’t fall in love with people. We fall in love with moments—with the hours that feel like mere minutes thatContinue reading “journal four.”