«I don’t want to ruin this
the lightness I feel when I’m around you
as though wings sprouted on my back and I’m hovering in the air
my feet brushing over the blades of grass
and I know that before I thought I knew
all that I would ever need
but darling, you walked in, all fire, all fight
and I realized that the universe was so much bigger
that my hands can hold something gentle
and not let it crumble into ash
that my heart can leap into another’s chest
and I won’t feel as though breath went with it»
— that I can thrive loving by Abby S
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«it’s a growing thing
my love for you
something buried deep inside
just waiting for the right time to sprout
because the world is dark
and love needs light
and it would have withered and died
had we given in before this
but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been burning
that doesn’t make the yearning any less
because I didn’t believe we could have this
that the universe would stand still and let us just be»
— leave the overthinking in another time by Abby S