Respiros

It isn’t in shouting to the world or begging for our love to be recognized. Instead, it’s in the simplicity of the mundane, the everyday actions we choose to share that turn ordinary moments into something almost sacred. It’s in the texts we send, keeping each other’s presence alive in physical absence. In the tokens you’ve given me—small, cherished reminders that make me loose myself at the sight of them. It’s in the way you tell me about your day, and I tell you of mine, with the quiet hope that, someday, we’ll turn them into one.

Staying is in the steady work of building, in setting foundations for something that can grow healthy and intact. The grand gesture is in the unspoken promise, woven into each shared moment, that I choose you—not just for now, but for whatever we may become together.