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“If you miss them, put away your pride. Talk to them again. Rekindle that friendship before it becomes too late and too awkward. Finding people you connect with is hard, don’t let a good friend slip away without careful consideration.” - M.
“Sometimes people are mean. Sometimes they’re selfish. And sometimes they’re just plain hurtful. You pour so much of your energy into trying to cultivate something beautiful and even with the most love and dedication, if it can’t…then it won’t. Of course it’ll hurt, accepting that something is wrong and walking away will always hurt, especially if you felt you had wasted your time. But when your mind is quick to jump to anger and resentment, remember that you demand and deserve your own happiness. And in that same vein of thought, remember that they deserve theirs. Allow yourself to be selfish and seek your own fulfillment. Forgive them for their selfish decisions in pursuit of their own happiness. But love yourself enough to never look back.” - M.
When we are old
hair the color of tombstones bones
that sound like wet windshield wipers
whenever we slow dance through the living room
I imagine that I will look you in the eye
as if there were something small and precious imprisoned there
and say to you,
“Darling, did you know that a blue whale has a heart the size of a car!”
When you reply correctly,
as you always seem to do
when I ask you difficult questions about oceanography
I’ll probably just laugh,
rejoicing,
over the fact that every time you smile
It makes the wrinkles at the corner of your eyes look like six willow branches all lifting their heads from prayer in unison
Wind humming a sombre hymn beneath its breath
just as our anthem jogs to its close and I whisper in your ear
How did you know that I was The One?
When all those wild dressed jackals came galloping to your door
begging for the rights to your ring finger
What made you lock the deadbolt on your ribs
looking them squarely in the face
and saying with joy
“I’m saving all of this beauty for a man I’ve never even met.”
Did you ever doubt
ever sit in your dorm room and think
that maybe your soul mate had chosen someone a lot more boring
but a lot less picky than you
and opted for the easy way out of a life filled with love.
When I was 22 years old,
beard freshly grown,
an ocean away from my family,
with the kind of pain that drives men to do selfish
barely forgivable things
I dreamt of you nightly
hunted for your smile in every audience that I broke for
hoping that I could literally steal a glance
downloaded it onto my retinas
and replay the moment our eyes first played freeze tag
and neither one of us wanted to stop being it
so we just kept on touching
hoping that father time would give us a hall pass
and allow us to orbit one another for ever.
and speaking of orbits
did you know that there are more stars in the sky
than grains of sand on the entire planet?
and that I would give you either one if you merely asked
peel the night from the sky’s skin
like the rind of an orange
or ask God if I could borrow the breeze for just a moment
and blow the shoreline of every beach
into a giant hour glass made just for us
and say this is how long I will adore the things about you that no one else even notices
like your laugh and how it sounds
like a mix of Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock
and two rainstorms singing perfectly in tune,
those orthopedic shoes
and how they always match your cardigans perfectly,
those cricket glasses
and how they dangle at the edge of your nose
like the legs of two lovers on a tire swing
the last summer they will ever see each others face
The first time I saw your face I thought “Wow”
If there were a Gorgeous Olympics you would be a lock
and maybe I would be your key
and maybe love is a club
that we both got into for free
and we just haven’t stopped dancing for all these decades
because we really like the music in here
and maybe if you asked me to
I would crawl through the veins of a blue whale on my hands and knees
photograph that Volkswagen sized heart of hers
and place the picture on your pillow before you went to sleep,
when you ask me about it
I will probably just laugh,
giggling like I’ve got handful of diamonds in my throat and say
“see, I told you, the biggest heartbeat God ever made and now it’s all yours”
Of course I want to hear it. Of couse I have stayed up for more nights than anyone would want to admit, imagining what it would be like when you would finally tell me that you reciprocate all of my squirming, embarrassing feelings. It would be disingenuous for me…
(Source: whenitsrightyouknow)
“One And Only”
by Adele
You’ve been on my mind
I grow fonder every day,
Lose myself in time
Just thinking of your face
God only knows
Why it’s taken me so long
To let my doubts go
You’re the only one that I want
I don’t know why I’m scared, I’ve been here before
Every feeling, every word, I’ve imagined it all,
You never know if you never try
To forgive your past and simply be mine
I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
Promise I’m worthy to hold in your arms
So come on and give me a chance
To prove that I’m the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts
If I’ve been on your mind
You hang on every word I say
Lose yourself in time at the mention of my name
Will I ever know how it feels to hold you close?
And have you tell me whichever road I choose you’ll go
I don’t know why I’m scared ‘cause I’ve been here before
Every feeling, every word, I’ve imagined it all,
You’ll never know if you never try
To forgive your past and simply be mine
I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
I promise I’m worthy to hold in your arms
So come on and give me a chance
To prove that I’m the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts
I know it ain’t easy, giving up your heart
I Know it ain’t esay, giving up your heart
(Nobody’s perfect, trust me I’ve learned it)
I know it ain’t easy, giving up your heart
(Nobody’s perfect, trust me I’ve learned it)
I know it ain’t easy, giving up your heart
(Nobody’s perfect, trust me I’ve learned it)
I know it ain’t easy, giving up your heart
(Nobody’s perfect, trust me I’ve learned it)
I know it ain’t easy, giving up your heart
So I dare you to let me be your, your one and only
I promise I’m worthy to hold in your arms
So come on and give me a chance
To prove that I’m the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts
Come on and give me a chance
To prove that I’m the one who can
Walk that mile until the end starts.
“No matter how hard or how long you’ve loved someone. If they can never love you back. At least not in the way you need them to. One day you just have to accept that it’s OK and even though it hurts now, you deserve more than that.” - M.
“I Won’t Give Up”
by Jason Mraz
Hmmmm … Hmmmm … Hmmmm … Hmmm …
When I look into your eyes
It’s like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
There’s so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you’ve come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?
I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up
And when you’re needing your space
To do some navigating
I’ll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find
‘Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We’ve got a lot to learn
God knows we’re worth it
No, I won’t give up
I don’t wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I’m here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you’re still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn’t break, we didn’t burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I’ve got, and what I’m not
And who I am
I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up
Still looking up.
I won’t give up on us (no I’m not giving up)
God knows I’m tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)
We’ve got a lot to learn (we’re alive, we are loved)
God knows we’re worth it (and we’re worth it)
I won’t give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I’m giving you all my love
I’m still looking up
“When the issue of breaking up gets brought up, know the difference between her wanting to never be with you anymore and her being scared and needing assurance. The biggest mistake you can make is letting her walk away if you still love her. No matter what, remind her of how much you love her and how much you want to be with her. Everyone gets scared sometimes.” -M.
