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Because that’s the singular constant in life, isn’t it? That one minute you are completely obliterated by it, and then in the next moment, it carries you toward something else, regardless of whether or not you’re still emotionally reeling.
“Honey, they’ve all been dates to me. I’ve just been waiting for you to catch up.”
“I wish you could see how you glow. How you brighten a room every time you enter it. I can’t imagine anyone, ever, losing sight of that with you. And I’m glad you’re here, and that you’re not wasting your time with anyone like I did. I hope … I hope you’ll continue to.”
Also, how do I keep you? Is it way too soon to feel like this? I think you’re my soulmate and I never thought that was a real thing before I met you. You’ve turned my thoughts into an endless stream of cheesy romcom lines that are somehow applicable and understandable now. You had me at hello.
All love, at some point, is going to be devastating, isn’t it? We all just choose to be brave, to go after what we want, who we want … even if it means potentially losing a piece of ourselves.
“Even if this fails in a less than spectacular fashion, Henry, I want to love you until then. I want to love you until it’s devastating.
“I want to put down roots here: beside you, across a pond from you, somewhere new with you, I don’t care. You’ve made me want to do that, to plant myself somewhere and flourish.” My forehead falls to her stomach until I can steady my breathing.
“I want to love you until I’m absolutely devastated too, Tait. I’m going to.”
Why does a fire move with more speed uphill? Because it craves only light, only air.
