Unteachable

by Leah Raeder

You can call it love, or you can call it free fall. They’re pretty much the same thing.

“We have no age. We exist outside of time. We’re timeless.”

“But even if everything goes perfectly, it won’t last forever. It’s over in June, one way or another. And I don’t want it to end. I want to keep you. I want to hold on and never let you go.”

You should love something while you have it, love it fully and without reservation, even if you know you’ll lose it someday. We lose everything. If you’re trying to avoid loss, there’s no point in taking another breath, or letting your heart beat one more time. It all ends.” His fingers curled around mine. “That’s all life is. Breathing in, breathing out. The space between two breaths.”