edge of existence

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don't tell me you have never fallen in love

you say you have never fallen

in love, but how can that be?

how can you not see the world

that I see? how could you never

have loved a beautiful sunset

after a rainy day? how have

you never fallen for a starry

night in late October, when the

skies finally cleared enough

for miracles to unfold?

don't tell me you have never

experienced the bliss of having

coffee at a new café and fallen

in love with the smells. don't

tell me you haven't fallen head

over heels with that dress you

saw in a shop once but knew

you could never afford. don't

tell me you haven't fallen in

love with the feeling of

satisfaction after waking up

early to catch a beautiful

sunrise.

don't tell me you didn't leave a

part of your heart in those

green mountains you visited, or

that beach you once went to.

don't tell me a part of you still

doesn't reside in that one

restaurant where you had the

most delicious food you've ever

tasted. don't tell me you

haven't fallen in love with the

happiness you felt from the

first rain after a long and hot

summer.

falling in love doesn't

have to be painful. love

can be a culmination of so

many little things. love

can be so beautiful.

falling in love does not

have to end with you in

pieces.

// love can be so beautiful, if you let it be. 

— selene ☽