i no longer chase or cajole attachment. i dig reciprocal situations. i want us both to feel awake. i like when we laugh together, and when we’re proud of each other. i want to keep standing up for and challenging each other. i want us to meet high expectations. It is this i court in all attachments anymore.

Selfishly, i want access to your life. i want to watch you grow. i want to see you create. i want to continue to be inspired by you. i dig your brain. i appreciate your advice. i especially feel heartened when you trust me with your feelings.

On that note, i could really go for some honest disclosure.

That you are forthcoming now will help me settle into realistic expectations: What is it you’d like to share with me, if anything? Be honest and perhaps be surprised—it could seem to you i can settle for quite little. But you don’t see you like i do.

i do not chase, after this. You can show up, or tell me why you can’t show up. We, or you and i, go from there.