The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata

Now I’m one of them.” “You’re one of you, Van.”

“I wasn’t about to waste my life away, upset, because I was raised by people who couldn’t commit to anything in their lives. All they did was show me the kind of person I didn’t want to be.”

I never stop thinking about you. I worry about you all the time. Every beautiful thing I see reminds me of you.

okay that's cute

“Home is where you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me to be there.”

love was a dream. And just like a dream, there were no assurances behind it. It didn’t grow on its own. It didn’t blossom without food to feed it. It was the greatest in its subtleties. It was the strongest in its selflessness. And it could be forever with someone who wasn’t afraid to never give up on the possibilities it presented.