— three questions

“My mother tells me
that when I meet someone I like,
I have to ask them three questions:
1. what are you afraid of?
2. do you like dogs?
3. what do you do when it rains?

of those three, she says the first one is the most important.
“They gotta be scared of something, baby. Everybody is. If they aren’t afraid of anything, then they don’t believe in anything, either.”

I met you on a Sunday, right
after church.
one look and my heart fell into
my stomach like a trap door.

on our second date,
I asked you what you were afraid of.
“spiders, mostly. being alone. little children, like, the ones who just learned how to push a kid over on the playground. oh and space. holy shit, space.”
I asked you if you liked dogs.
“I have three.”
I asked you what you do when it rains.
“sleep, mostly. sometimes I sit at the window and watch the rain droplets race. I make a shelter out of plastic in my backyard for all the stray animals; leave them food and a place to sleep.”

he smiled like he knew.
like his mom told him the same
thing.
“how about you?”

me?
I’m scared of everything.
of the hole in the o-zone layer,
of the lady next door who never
smiles at her dog,
and especially of all the secrets
the government must be breaking
it’s back trying to keep from us.
I love dogs so much, you have no idea.
I sleep when it rains.
I want to tell everyone I love them.
I want to find every stray animal and bring them home.
I want to wake up in your hair
and make you shitty coffee/tea
and kiss your neck
and draw silly stick figures of us.
I never want to ask anyone else
these questions
ever again. ”

I want to be

I want to be the first thing you touch in the morning,

and the last thing you taste at night.

— Urban Dictionary definition of Unrequited Love

Isn’t it strange?

“Isn’t it strange? There are so many people out there who secretly love someone. And there are so many people out there who have no idea that someone secretly loves them.”

People will judge you

People will judge you 

no matter what you do, 

so you might as well 

do what you want.

The Ten Principles of Physical Fitness

— Bertrolt Brecht, from The Life Of Others

“And you ask me: what’s happened to my love?
So I answer you: I can’t remember.
And still, of course, I know what you mean
But I honestly can’t recollect her face
I just know: there was a time I kissed it.”

Dear Future Boyfriend,

Please come soon. I’m starting to get scared that you don’t exist. I can’t wait until the day that I can say you’re mine. I love you with all my mind, heart, and soul.

Love,

Me

How to have more and better friends

1. To have a friend we must be a friend. So, start by considering the type of friend you are to others. Ask yourself, are you kind, loyal, warm, understanding, sensitive, forgiving, helpful, reliable and so on?

2. Think about what you want in a friend. What kinds of traits are important to you?

— Unknown

“Sometimes you can’t explain what you see in a person. It’s just the way they take you to a place where no one else can.”

lol ^^