When I Think of You

by Myah Ariel

But I can’t let us forget that in the time period we’re revisiting, my very existence as a biracial Black man would have been proof of a broken law. So I look at What Love Made as a tribute to those of us in the past and present who had the courage to love and live freely, even when the law said otherwise.”

I just can’t imagine giving myself over to someone so completely when one day, I’ll be gone or they’ll be gone. Either way, one of us is left alone with the loss.”

“I told myself this morning I wasn’t going another day without kissing you,”

I see now what I was too pure to see then—what Danny had told me in no uncertain words. Love was pain to him, nothing more, nothing less. So the only thing inevitable about us was heartbreak.

You know that feeling when a song comes on the radio that you haven’t heard in years, and instantly, it’s your favorite song all over again? That’s you. You have been my favorite song all over again

an HEA might be guaranteed in a romance novel, but it’s a crapshoot in the streets.

if it’s magic, why can’t we make it everlasting

Making love comes with the added understanding that on top of this undeniable chemistry and attraction, our hearts are in on it, too. We didn’t stop there, though. We didn’t just make love. We also fucked. With our bodies, we expressed and then released all the hurt, anger, regret, and longing that had been pent-up inside us for seven years. It was vigorous and ecstatic. It was freeing.