Goodnight Julia

“You’re not a bother. I don’t know how I feel about you, but I do know that I’ll never back down on my word. I promised that I would be there for you, and I will be. No matter how badly you piss me off, you’re still the first shit on my list of shits to save from a zombie invasion.”

“Sometimes closure arrives years later. Long after you stopped searching for it. You’re just sitting there, laughing this laugh that is unapologetically yours. As it trails off, the corners of your mouth hug your face and it hits you, ‘I’m happy.’ It’s just like that. With no fanfare or epiphany. Suddenly, you are grateful for goodbyes that carried you to this moment; to the space you are now holding.“”

“I hope my absence hits you. I hope it hits you so hard that you can never get back up.”

“Bend me like an old paperback book. Bend me like you want to break me because the way you’re looking at me tonight tells me I won’t get out of here unscathed.”

“I feel like I’ve swallowed a cloudy sky.”

In his arms, I slowly unfolded like a love note read in secret.