Z.M.

To my future love,

I hope you’re not waiting for me to complete you. 

I hope you go to the movies with yourself, cook yourself dinner, and buy yourself flowers.

I hope you don’t get lonely at night when the bed feels far too big and the pillow next to you is empty.

I hope you make silly faces at children and smile at strangers instead of looking at the ground.

I hope you show yourself patience and affection instead of seeking those things from others.

I hope you dance around your kitchen and get so lost in your joy that you burn the food.

I hope you learn to forgive yourself for your flaws and past mistakes.

I hope you love yourself, darling.

And I hope you know I can’t wait to love you ten times more than you possibly could.

I ask myself this question often.

Hello my friend,

Thank you for your kind words. This is the first time I've signed on in quite a while. It's difficult to explain why I suddenly stopped creating and sharing my words here, and I'm not sure I will ever fully return to this forum to do so.

Even so, the gift of knowing my words have brought a bit of light into your world is more than I could have ever hoped for. The fact that you have printed them and made them real means they are your words too now. Take them with you and build on them. If somebody like me could inspire light in the world, so can you.

Spread the light in your own perfect way.