"I want to say that with you, I wear myself like a second best skin, I want to say that I love you..."

“I want to say that with you, I wear myself like a second best skin, I want to say that I love you but what I mean is that you are every daydream I’ve had about the future, you are the walk with the dog in the sunny park, you’re the foggy bathroom windows and the sleepy morning kisses. What I mean is that you are not always good and I still catch my breath, what I mean is that somewhere inside of me there is a bird singing a song for you and I couldn’t tell you what she’s saying but I know that she means it. I want to say that I love you but what I mean is thank you, what I mean is you’re the first mouth I’ve kissed, what I mean is your hands and mine. I love you and here I am and here you are and whichever glorious light we’re standing in belongs to us, complete, here and now, it’s all ours.”

- Azra.T., ‘What I mean is I love you’