Fire

Anything anyone could ever write about romantic love has become a time-worn cliche. Nevertheless, it is stunning how quickly and devastatingly it can hit. All of your rationality simply vanishes. It is completely involuntary and illogical. Why this person? Why am I so insanely drawn to – even obsessed – with this individual, out of all the people in the world? What was the spark that lit this inferno of utter silliness? In many ways it is painful, as you find yourself washed away in a torrent of emotion, practically unable to control your thoughts and actions – it’s really an awful sensation. Only a masochist could wish for this kind of torture.

It’s also an exquisitely wonderful experience when it is mutual, when you’re falling for someone and that someone wants to catch you, though reciprocity of feeling makes it all the more incomprehensible.

I’m scared nearly to death, I’m hurting in places that don’t exist, and I don’t want this to ever end. I’m trying to savor every single second.