You'll waste a lot of time
waiting for people to become
who you want them to be.
And miss out
on the treasures
that they are meant to be.

*Cherish

Someone once asked me how I knew I loved him,
and it really took me back because
I knew I loved him when I stopped doubting
and questioning.
I knew I loved him when I didn't have to ask for
someone else's perspective
to compare it to mine.

Nowadays we become So Obsessed
with wondering
that we forget to let nature take its course.

We want to feel love so badly that
we ignore everything that reassures us.


I knew that I loved him when
he himself was more important
than wondering.

I knew I loved him when
he made me feel it so abrasively
and smoothly
at the same time.
Breezy

Don't get me wrong, though.
Falling in love can be
exhausting
confusing
and terrifying.

But
when you are in sense with yourself
you just

**know.

you did not say
bless you
when silence broke
by my sneeze

the same way
you did not say
i love you back
when you left
for work that morning

am i not worthy of you clearing your throat?

The iris waves sailed me to safety and comfort
Smooth, sediment, intimate, beautiful.

But shortly the sea rocked from disturbing inhabitants
Inconsistent, dismantling, infidel, treason.


And I was crashed to shore.

Lingering.