Love Feels Good Lately

Love feels good lately.

Not the overwhelming, extraordinary, scream-in-the-car kind of love, but something quieter. Something closer to being twenty-five and asking for someone fitting and forgiving.

I know I say I love everyone I've ever dated differently, but some loves are just bigger than others.

Now that I once again know what real love feels like, I promise to never settle for less. I vow to never accept half-assed commitment, never give someone the amount of affection they do not deserve, never grovel and beg for an unwillingly returned hand.

Never burn myself alive for someone who can only answer me in winter.

I promise to love you with what I have — not perfectly, not desperately, but honestly.

Thank you for helping me find joy, laughter, and love again.

- November, 2022.