Something Like Summer (Something Like... #1)

by Jay Bell

“Love isn’t meant to be hidden away and life is too short for shame.

“Enséñame a volar, mi mariposa hermosa.”

“Enséñame a volar, mi mariposa hermosa,” Tim said suddenly. “It’s from a poem I— Well, it’s from a poem.” “What’s it mean?” “‘Teach me how to fly, my beautiful butterfly.’”

“There’s a coward and a fool, and both of them are you, My heart is cracked and broken, but yours is frozen through.”

Love isn’t meant to be hidden away. Life is too short for shame.

Lean into those feelings and let them wash over you. As wretched as they might make us feel, they’re a part of us, and we shouldn’t ignore them. It only hurts worse if we do.”