Out of Love

by Hazel Hayes

‘You can’t fail at a relationship. That’s like getting off a roller coaster and saying you failed because the ride is over. Things end. That doesn’t mean the experience wasn’t worth it.’

‘My point is, the only way not to feel pain is to never love anyone.’

I wondered how much of the feeling of love is chemicals and cravings and dependency, and how much of the act of love is habit.

One day you realise you’ve stopped living together and started existing near to one another.

But when that’s all there is, it’s not enough.