I love you I say.I love you too he says. Ill see you soon.

I think youre still the only person sharp enough to sharpen someone like me.

But when I do feel all the strength go out of me and I fall to my knees beside the table and I think I cry then or at least I want to and everything inside me screams for just one more kiss one more word one more glance one more.

I belong to the people I love and they belong to me--they and the love and loyaty I give them form my identity far more than any word or group ever could.

I wonder if fears ever really go away or if they just lose their power over us.

I fell in love with him. But I dont just stay with him by default as if theres no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to every day that I wake up every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again and he chooses me.

Now she looks pale and small but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actually seen only dreamed of.