JTW

yeah, this is very different.  i won’t deny it’s new territory for sure.  and yet there is no drama, jealousy, anger or pain - because there is no selfishness.  priorities & expectations are in check.  and the space that breathes there is pure joy.  

“fear, you look so pretty, i remember you.  but i’m just over it.  you’ll have to find someone else to torture.”

do i have to worry about what you did last night?  nope, i trust you.  do i have to obsess that you won’t return after today?  nope, whether you return or not, it’s just a succession of love.

the limits of our endurance will be tested.  but in that testing process, the quality of our conviction becomes known.

i hesitate because i wonder if you say it about what you think we could become; whereas i say it for what we are in the moment - when the moment strikes.

i don’t want to hurt you, that would break my heart.  but there’s no string you can pull to illicit a canned response from me.  i tore that string off and burned it with fire long ago.

authenticity, though painful, is better than compulsion.  and if yours is different than mine you’re likely going to get hurt.

(am i my worst enemy?  perhaps.  we usually are.)