Abstract Feelings

Mosaic

I tell people "I love you more." because it's what my mom would always say to me when I needed her love.

I freely give out hugs to all who need them because I remember how much I, in the residential facility I was in, wanted to hug my cohorts. It is tough to go through life without physical contact.

I sing a silly spongebob song every year on the ride home from my Christmas Eve church service because it's a tradition I made with my cousins.

I got a tattoo of the word breathe on my forearm because my best friend at the time would always remind me to breathe when I got anxious.

I celebrate me and my neighbors half birthday every year because she taught me that there is always more to celebrate together even after years apart.

I sometimes call my friends bro bro's because that's the term my sister and I created to mean best friend forever.

I always tell everyone I care about them because my karate instructor taught me that you never know when someone might need that the most.

When I wonder why this world is full of negativity I think to my friend who taught me that you can't have the good without the bad. She told me it's a balance, like yin and yang, two fish forever chasing each other.

I sometimes tell others that " I love you to the moon and back." because when my grandma told me it when I was young, it felt bigger than just an i love you.

  I am a mosaic of everyone I have ever loved, no matter how briefly. Like a puzzle with the seams only visible upon close inspection. Intersections of different people at different times that have overlapped and interwoven, fitting together in a strange mismatched pattern to form me.