The measure of love

Love isn’t measured like flour, by
cup. I love you. Let that be enough.

*For @amaramalikpoetry’s #14wordsoflove

Mt. Parihaka

Day 4, for my life in #7daysofblackandwhite, no people, no explanation.

Crazy cat lady

Day 3, for my life in #7daysofblackandwhite, no people, no explanation.

Airports

Day 2, for my life in #7daysofblackandwhite, no people, no explanation.

Crazy over journals

Day 1, for my life in #7daysofblackandwhite, no people, no explanation.

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the art of sewing up your heart and pretending the scars aren’t there.

Gravity

There’s no gravity when I’m with you.
The serenity you bring unbinds me from everything that I thought mattered.
I am calmer, like the whole world has melted into molasses.
I drift weightless.. I’m pretty sure I’d float away if I wasn’t
constantly drawn into your arms.

Being with you

Falling asleep next to you is how I know peace.
Happiness is hearing your heartbeat inside your chest.
Calm is feeling your even breaths on my neck.

Wild thing

There will be times when your needs will conflict. You’ll want love, yet you’ll also yearn independence; you’ll want stability yet you’ll also dream of adventure; you’ll want one person yet you’ll also crave for the world. Accept that you are many things and love yourself for it.

Accept that the concept of beauty is a wild thing that keeps on changing.

Loyalty and surrender

When I tell you to be gentle, it is as much a command
as when I tell you to be savage. It is loyalty and surrender,
trusting that you wont hurt me so much
trusting that you wont love me too little.