There's Something About Mira

by Sonali Dev

What happened between us is the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced. Every breath I have taken since then has been more beautiful. And every breath I take in your presence is more beautiful than one where I am without you. If everything else were lost to me, every one of my senses gone, I would not trade how I feel when I’m with you to get it back. They can have everything, but they cannot have the piece of me that is you.

you’re in love, if your hearts recognize each other as a piece of themselves, you’re lovers. When will people stop using lust to devalue love?”

“You know the thing about being adopted that sucks?”

“That everyone had a choice—your birth parents, your adoptive parents—and you had none, and you’re the one who has to live with the consequences of everyone else’s choices.”

given me back parts of myself I had buried so deep I’d forgotten they existed. Not finishing that journey is not an option.

“When you’re true to yourself, even when something hurts, it feels good. When you’re betraying yourself, even when something is supposed to feel good, it hurts.”