stanchion, n. I don't want to be the strong one, but I don't want to be the weak one either. Why does it feel like it's always one or the other? When we embrace, one of us is always holding the other a little tighter.

It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.

There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.

I don’t want to know anything, and I want to know it all

Someday your prince will come," I assure him. "And the first thing I'm going to say to him is, 'What took you so long?

It was a laugh that came from the tip of his toes, gaining force and soul as it traveled through his body and out into the world in mirthful bursts. There wasn't anything fake about it; it was an amusement park of a laugh, and when it appeared, you wanted to jump on board.

I wake up feverish, sore, uncomfortable. Is it sickness or is it heartbreak? I can't tell. The thermometer says I'm normal, but I'm clearly not.