With a clandestine heart and the remarkable ability to over-love, he managed to frighten those he admired with expression beyond the norm.

He came off as obsessive or controlling at times, and he could see it in himself when he took a step back, but sometimes words just came out, his feelings built, they were heavy; they overflowed – so much so that they had nowhere to go but out.

Maybe someday he’ll find someone else with this disorder, maybe it will be perfect – maybe not; but that’s the chance not just he, but we all have to take. No settling, no *******… here he’ll wait, in his altered state.