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“There are seasons of darkness, yes? Loss and sadness all around.” He tightens his grip. “But if you are patient, the circle turns, and then there is happiness all around, everything
good, everyone happy.” He flings a hand out, palm up, as if scattering glitter. “My friend, he just forgot that happiness is part of living too.”
a kiss so perfect it might be a poem, or a dance, or something I’ve dreamed.
“Love is not always destructive,” he says quietly, and slides a finger up my shin. “Sometimes love creates.”
“See? Love found you.” “It broke my heart, though.” “Sure.” He lifts his shoulders. “Me too. But you don’t die. You just . . . begin again.”
“In the whisper of the waves, I hear your name In the caress of the sunlight, I feel your lips In the hands of the wind, I feel your touch Everywhere, in everything, there you are I will not forget you, sweet love.” I
“Tell me about your broken heart,” he says, “this one broken heart that has kept you away from love for the rest of your life.” “Oh, it’s not that dramatic. I haven’t had a lot of time to fall in love.” “Psssht. Love does not need time.”
The human body is a delicate, amazing creation. It takes almost nothing to completely destroy it, and yet it takes a lot.
