Times Like These

“I like people who get excited about the change of seasons, the sound of the ocean, watching a sunset, the smell of rain and starry nights.”

“I am complicated. Before entering any sort of relationship with me, you have to know that. I’m moody, I’m confused, and I’m still quite sad about things that happened a long time ago. I don’t know if you’ll want to stay when I’m wide awake until three in the morning with thoughts burning behind my eyes and destruction in my heart. I don’t know if you’ll understand why sometimes saying you love me won’t make me feel better. I don’t know how you’ll deal with it when my eyes look hollowed out and my soul is grey with sadness. I don’t know if you’ll want to stay. But if you do, please know I will be grateful. I will be loyal. And I will love you until my dying breath.”

“I found peace in your violence”

“I meant it when I said I didn’t believe in love at first sight. It takes time to really, truly fall for someone. Yet I believe in a moment. A moment when you glimpse the truth within someone, and they glimpse the truth within you. In that moment, you don’t belong to yourself any longer, not completely. Part of you belongs to him; part of him belongs to you. After that, you can’t take it back, no matter how much you want to, no matter how hard you try.”