Love is a
             commitment
              to protecting
                  another
             person's heart
             with  the  same
               passion you
                    used to
                 guard your
                       own.

                       I will
                  choose you,
                   even when
                  you're mad.
                    My love
                 for  you  won't
                  simply fade
           because we are angry.
                    I  know  we
                     will fight,
          we will be frustrated,
                     we will be
               human. Still, I will
                 go into battle
               for you. Still I will
                   choose you
             I will  choose you
                         and
            keep choosing you
                        every
                     single day.
                                                            ­                                  

                             ­                                                           Jon York   2019

It will take time but  
           you   can   make  it  happen.
              Nothing  is  permanent.
                   You have choices.
                     All that matters
            is  that  you  decide  today
                and never look back.
                            Decide.
                          Ju­st  do  it.
                             Decide.
                    How soon  is  now?
                        The secret of
                       transformation
                          is the way
                  we handle this very
                            moment.
                     Is this the life you
                         want to live?
                 Is  this  the  person  you
                        want to love?
                 Is this the best version
                         of   you  that
                          you can be?
                Could  you  be stronger?
                             Kinder?
                   More compassionate?
                        Ask yourself,
                "does  this  support  the  life  
              ­      I'm  trying to create?  
                               Decide.
                  Breathe in, breathe out
                           and decide.
                 Once    you   figure  out
                    what respect tastes
                                   like,  it
                 tastes better than attention.                         Jon York   2019

And like
           the moon
           you must
          go through
            phases of
           emptiness
              to feel
              whole
               again.

                And
             in order
              to love
             who you
              are, you
               cannot
                 hate
                  the
           experiences
                   that
                shaped
                   you.

            Be grateful
                   for
                 where
                 you're
                 at and
                 excited
                  about
                  where
                  you're
                   going.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019

Life
           is
          like
          ***,
      you can
         either
       lie back
           and
          let it
         *****
           you
             or
         you can
             get
          on top
             and
             ride
              the
              hell
               out
              of it.
                                                                            Jon York   2019

That pause

between

each stroke

of your tongue    

when   you

kissed   me

drove    me

mad.   The

more I tasted

of   you,  the

more I wanted.

That  feeling in

that  moment,

that's poetry and

no  words  can

do you justice.
                                                                                       Jon York   2019