This Is What I Do When You’re Gone
I go to restaurants alone. I sit on the steps at Grand Central and look up at the ceiling, the only place in New York where you can see stars.
I go to restaurants alone. I sit on the steps at Grand Central and look up at the ceiling, the only place in New York where you can see stars.
You already have a home. And those three a.m. texts won’t change anything.
If you pretended you wanted me, you know, I’d probably go away. Don’t you know that by now?
I hate it because it makes me feel weak and raw.
Tell him your plans and wildest dream and let him boost you up higher and closer to reaching them. Bonus points if he’s tall.
I am the kind of person who longs for. Who savors. Who stockpiles hotel keys, t-shirts left behind. Who saves letters not for the words they contain but for the handwriting, for the hands that brushed the page.
And I kept dating him. And I kept dating him. And I spent more time with him. And I focused on the things I did like. My attempts to get this heart beating were failing. So I tried a new approach.
She’s my best friend. No one understands me like this tiny little human does. It amazes me how much wisdom she can have at such a young age.
Attachment theory is a concept in developmental psychology that concerns the importance of “attachment” in regards to personal development.
“Don’t worry too much about security… it’s not like we’re going to get hacked or anything.”