All I've Wanted All I've Needed

by A.E. Valdez

Even though everything feels like it’s falling apart, I can’t help but to also feel like everything is falling into place.

“I’ve thought of everything that could possibly go wrong.” “Now you’ve got to think of everything that could possibly go right,” she quips and winks at me.

Sometimes comfort is what kills us. You said you wanted more, right? Maybe this move is your more. Stop doubting yourself.”

“Face your shit. You can’t run from good thing to good thing, hoping it will erase the bad shit that happened. It happened. You’re sitting at this table with me because it happened. Why would you want to go back to it?”

but I still have to find confidence within myself. People can tell you what you are all day, but you really have to believe it yourself for you to be able to embody it. I’m getting there.

But, if I don’t start now, then when will I start? I’m tired of waiting for things to happen when I can make things happen instead.

Acyn sits up and looks at me. “Stop acting like you owe everybody something. You don’t owe anyone anything. The only person you owe something to is yourself. It’s okay to walk away from something that isn’t working for you.”

“You’re pretty badass. You just need to believe it.”

When you start being yourself, you attract people who you naturally vibe with.

“Just let me listen to your heartbeat. It reminds me of home,”

“You’re all I’ve wanted,” he says. “And you’re all I’ve needed,” I reply.

This is what it feels like to fall in love… to be in love. He’s all I’ve wanted. All I’ve needed.

There was no one before her. There will never be another after her. There is only her. Only us. All I’ve wanted. All I’ve needed.

We’re all deserving of happiness and of a love that’s so deep that you only discover the depths to which it goes with each passing day as your love grows. I squeeze his hand a little tighter as we walk into the night because I know I’m holding onto my forever.