Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.

Deep breaths. I am taking deep breaths. Composure. Which, for me, means composing... Maybe this is my way of creating the illusion of control over something I have no control over. Like, if it's just a story I'm telling or a song I'm singing, then I'll be okay because I'm the guy who's providing the words.

Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.

Some days are like this. And the only way to get through them is to remember that they are only one day, and that every day ends.

Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.

But I had a feeling I wasn't supposed to find her that way. She was not a needle. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding each other.

being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you’re trapped.