Gara Steinfeld

Why seek a love that is simple, easy, or perfect
When we can have a love that is so much more?

You are allowed
To love yourself
To put yourself first

Find yourself
With someone
Who reminds you
Of your expansive nature
And courage
Anytime

You cannot be fixed
For you are not broken
Even when you feel fucking crazy

Say yes
To the adventure
Of being alive
Say yes
To this life

I want to know
If you will be my partner
Not just in love
But in life 
Without condition
Just because
And for free

You don’t need to have “all your shit together.” 

I am left speechless
and I don’t know whether to laugh or cry
at the way the world shows up for me
when I show up for the world

Do you notice the moon
Even when it feels like the only bright light
And do you know that this isn’t true
That feelings don’t last
That you have the universe inside of you

I want you to notice
All of those times you thought
You’d never get through
But you survived

You deserve
Someone
Who chooses you
Every day
Not only as a lover
But as a best friend

Dear woman
You are allowed
To miss him
For as long as your heart
Sees fit

For I am not afraid 
To fall
To get messy
To make mistakes 

My body: I will take up all the space I damn see fit.