THE BEAUTY OF LOVE

Being in love... It's like magic; true, implicit, endless, and real. I have loved plenty of men, Dolls, but I've only been in love with two men, Dolls; isn't that crazy? And boy, was each time beautiful. They were both honest, gentle, and kind. True love, Dolls, is the most beautiful thing in the universe because it's giving a part of yourself to somebody else, rawly, openly, and saying, let's hold a part of each other together, forever. It takes trust, it takes breaking apart and rebuilding it back up, it takes hard-work but when it's easy, it truly is what I described before: magic.

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Pete

Recently, I've let someone back into my life whom I never thought I would. Honestly, all I needed was an apology, and I got that three times, a true, no-but apology. Something I've learnt is that it's hard to forgive and let go, but I also find it hard to hold onto things and live my life in a way where people drop off around me. I think there are standards, which are amazing markers of good self-worth, but I also think there are expectations that exceed human nature; flaws. The beauty of love is that leeway and finding yourself between the two ends of the spectrum. I feel happy that I've let this person in because now I have another person to love, to care for, to forgive when it gets messy again, which I have no doubt it will, but now I'm taking it into my own two hands with a gentle heart and an open mind.

I may never forget, but I always want to try, at least, to forgive.

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To love someone, and to be loved, is the sweetest song in the world. That type of love is the type that doesn't break easily; it's durable, and feelings linger for a long time, no matter what happens. I still love somebody who also still loves me, and the beauty of this is that despite our circumstances, we've communicated that truth to one another, void of commitments and responsibilities. Maybe it will become more, but for now, there is so much beauty in being in the presence of a person whom you just want to be around all the time.

There is beauty in an irrefutable love, a past, a present, and a future.

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Mumma bear, the mother who tries so hard to be the best for everyone; the best mum, the best wife, the best sister, the best daughter, and the best friend. And boy, has life been unkind to her, but when I look into her hazel eyes, with one half green, I see the apparent uniqueness of her soul, one so warm, one so kind, one so forgiving. She came from nothing and gave me everything, not just with opportunity, finance and support, but with her unwavering devotion to being there for me, to choosing me time and time again, and to loving me more than anyone in the whole world.

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The beauty of love is that it’s possible, it’s everywhere, and it’s instinctive. Love is in all the dark places and all of the light. Love is everywhere, always to be found.

Kisses,

COS x