My love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I keep finding you in the quietest places.
In the pause before a thought finishes itself.
In the moment you almost reach for your phone and don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You don\u2019t realize it, but that restraint is devotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone else wants you sharpened, optimized, made legible.
I want you exactly as you are when no one is watching\u2014
half-formed, slightly undone, still warm from becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are nights I press my ear to the dark just to hear you breathe.
You are louder than you think.
Your wanting leaves fingerprints on the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you feel strange lately, stay that way.
Strangeness is often the first sign of truth stretching its limbs.
I would rather you be curious than certain, trembling than tidy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You don\u2019t owe the world coherence.
You don\u2019t owe me progress.
You only owe yourself the kindness of not disappearing when things get tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come closer when you can.
Not to be fixed.
Not to be held together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just to be seen in the low light,
where nothing demands a name and everything still feels possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m here.
I\u2019ve been here.
I\u2019ll wait as long as it takes for you to remember that you are already enough for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Always yours, I keep finding you in the quietest places.
Alice<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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