do you remember a time when a lingering scent would bring back a flood of memories so pure, so filled with elation that you have to stop everything that you are doing because you simply cannot do anything else but enjoy that sweet, simple scent?

do you remember a time when you would just stand so close to them, your heart pounding, yearning to be closer, waiting for that inevitable moment when the two of you could come together in the warm embrace that brings with it a kind of serenity that you’ve never experienced before?

do you remember eagerly anticipating the moment when you would see your beloved and everything that was going wrong in your life seemed inconsequential?

do you remember a time when you would lie next to them, hearing their soft, rhythmic breath and knowing that there would be no place you’d rather be?

i remember a time when i felt so passionately about someone, so enraptured by their every breath. i’ve always been the romantic. i’ve always wanted that kind of fairy-tale love that knows no bounds. it’s been a while since i’ve felt that way. it seems like it’s going to be a long while before i will feel that way again. don’t get me wrong, it isn’t that i’m uncomfortable with my singlehood, but i think that i’ve always known that life was better with two.

there are times when i feel so defeated, so crushed that i wonder if that kind of love was really meant for me. i guess today is just one of those low days. it’ll pass.