beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies

Thank you. I don’t think you have any idea how lovely you are. Part of your beauty lies in the fact that you’re simply ignorant of how remarkable it is that you exist in the world. I thought you were a dream, a figment of my imagination, someone I could only feebly hope to someday find. You make impossibility look simple. For many years, love only meant pain to me. I’d heard that it was a remarkable experience with the right person, but I hardly believed in that possibility for myself. After a childhood surrounded by discordant, miserable couples, I had no idea what healthy love looked like or where to begin to build it. Relationships used to be an interminable struggle. I flailed, inevitably sinking, attempting desperately to make it work with men who weren’t right for me. They never filled the void of insecurity and sadness inside me, and I couldn’t understand that it wasn’t their place to do so. It took hitting rock bottom to put in the necess...

He asked, why are tattoos so hard to draw? Because it will stay in your skin forever, said I Just like how you managed to walk for the first time, Or the moment you first loved the rain Or the songs that played in your mama's disc player when you're still a kid Or the nostalgic midnights you've given up sleep just to finish that one book, cover to cover These were tattooed in our minds Memories that will be kept in our synapses Til we grow old, have dementia and lost our own thought Those were tattooed in our minds And there are some that stays in our heart. Just like the second time you love so hard you can't even keep your eyes shut for a minute Like the feeling of pure love you've never thought existed When he told you you're the brightest among all Suns Then kissed your lips and tuck you in his arms in that one cold night in the ninth of November line Those tattoos were not drawn by ink But by fate Tattoos that will stay in years to come ...