the most beautiful thing i can imagine…

vulnerability reflected back to me.

if i can be vulnerable with my partner,

it’s important that they can too. 

otherwise what’s the point? 

it is something we can share. 

through the good and the bad, 

it would keep ourselves pure and beautiful. 

i can appreciate differences in a partnership, 

i believe it's necessary. 

we need to be two sides of the same coin.

your values inform my own, and vice versa.

nostalgia can be a mirror, 

the more i feel it, the more i understand myself.

or at least, the more i am grounded in my inner kid.

at its core, that’s how romance should feel; nostalgic.

your partner should feel familiar before the ice is broken.

in being around them, i would feel true to myself. 

i have no idea when i’ll be graced with this,

but if there’s one thing i’ve learned…

it never comes when you expect it. 

until then, i’ll try to be kinder…

to be the best mirror i can be.