to be your friend is to feel like I’m perennially on the inside of a delicious secret. we traffic in knowing glances, hands held, laughter moored to hilarious somethings and sometimes very little; somehow the source never seems to matter. people say ‘what’s going on between you two?’ and the answer is ‘nothing.’ or maybe everything. who knows? It’s an essence, and it’s ours. ⠀
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you brim with soulful sensitivity and an appreciation for small pleasures, my partner in losing it when the beat drops – in that weird warehouse, on a strip of palm-punctured sand, astride some leonard or another – or before a well-stocked erewhon bev case.
your birthday was yesterday and you’re less than four feet from me at present which makes this all a little silly, but there are some things I want to memorialize. these past few months with you have been a gift. we’ve led busy, buzzy lives, and when the world stopped, we poured that momentum into each other – exploring, reaching deeper, luxuriating in the space to mine each other’s hearts and minds in ways regular life seldom allows. I’ve found myself rewriting my vows to you over and over during this time – as you’ve helped me see new parts of you, gently reflected pieces of me.
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