"You’re hurt because it was temporary–of fucking course it was temporary.No lover knows the meaning..."

“You’re hurt because it was temporary–

of fucking course it was temporary.

No lover knows the meaning of forever

when they press it against the seam of your lips–

that’s not the point.

That isn’t what matters.

What matters is they wanted it:

forever.

Right in that moment, they wanted you

for the rest of their life,

every atom in their being,

they vibrated with it–

with how much they believed it could be true.

That’s what matters.

Of course it ended.

We’re infants taking shots at eternity

and yet we exist for barely a blink

in the fabric of time.

Of course it was temporary.

Everything is temporary.

It’s not meaningless

if it mattered.

Even if only once.

Even if not forever.

Even if forever

is something we’re never

going to get.”

- Transient, by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)