Summer in the City

by Alex Aster

There are moments in life, I think, that make you grateful you didn’t just stay in your room.

Life might be complicated, but love isn’t. It’s pretty straightforward. It’s a lance through plans, and morals, and pride. It cuts right through everything. It doesn’t care about the mess it makes. It hurts, and we let it.

I want our lives to fit together like a puzzle, but we’re both corner pieces.