Love, longing, closeness, and separation — the ache and the warmth that come with being connected to others. Words for the people we hold close, the ones we miss, the love that changes us, and the distances that teach us something about the heart.
You fall in love when you have faith in someone, when you believe they’ll catch you. And when they do, it doesn’t hurt. Falling in love never hurts. But when they don’t… It hurts so deeply that you start fearing the fall itself. Read this next: My Heart Aches for…
I know it’s almost impossible for someone to fall in love with the way I think instead of the way I look. It’s almost impossible for someone to wait patiently until I feel safe enough to open up. It’s almost impossible for someone to reach beyond the walls I’ve built…
My heart aches whenever I think about you. It feels like watching a ship sink in the ocean, and I’m standing helplessly on the shore. My mind runs in every direction, trying to find a way to make your life a little less painful. I want to do something for…
Dear Me, Oh, it was always you. The first person I ever fell in love with was you. So today, on the special day of our birthday, I want to take a moment to express my love and gratitude for you. You have been with me since the beginning, through…
For a long time now, I’ve been hearing noises — noises of half-gone people. It’s like they’re not here anymore, yet their echoes remain their voices, their habits, their memories scattered around me like footprints that never fade. I let them go. Yes, I did. I don’t want them back;…