“Do you fall in love often?”

Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.”

 Jeanette Winterson 

 

An open love letter: 

Valentine,

Give me wrinkles so deep my face becomes a map of my love
Give me split ends from the wind and sea salt kissing my scalp
Give me hard knocks, a soft touch, and ears that call beauty
Let my eyes fade having known wonder
Gift me the courage to be kind 
And a shape shifter heart for all is not.

Life,
In return I promise to give you my twenty three year best,
To try, and then,
Try harder.
To seek.
To love you back with everything these open palms have to give.