due North

“Loving someone who cannot love you the same way in return is not weakness. It’s one of the most courageous things you’ll ever do. You are putting your armour at their feet and you are saying ‘I will not fight you in this. I have loved you and that means that I have already won.”

“I think about you. But I don’t say it anymore.”

“You know what I think is so beautiful? That one day there will be a soul in my life who knows me like the back of their hand. She will know how I like my morning coffee, and the way I sleep diagonally across the bed. She will memorize how my eyes turn a lighter shade of green when she walks through the door, and how my nose scrunches when she says something sweet. She will know that the solution to a terrible day is always a 6-pack of craft beer and a chocolate cupcake, followed by messy kisses. She will love my tangled mess of hair in the early morning, and the way I plead for extra cuddles before work. She will be reminded of me when she sees the bouquets of sunflowers at the market, and bring them home to celebrate the first day of fall. She will shake her head at the way I sing obnoxiously in the shower, and twice as horribly in the car during road trips. She will open her heart without fear, and entrust it between my own set of ribs. She will pour her mind into my own, and trace her dreams along the freckles that litter my shoulders. She will feel the comfort of her being within the walls of my own soul. She will learn me and understand me and know me like no one else ever has- And that is such a beautiful thing to look forward to.”

What's the worst feeling

“Go where your heart leads you. And you will be safe. I promise - I did it and my life turned into something amazing. Your heart knows much more than your brain can realize now.”