Underestimate Me So I Can Embarrass You

Synopsis

This is my story. This is the story of how I discovered and learned that is okay to love him.  His smile. His eyes. His voice. His laugh. His warmth. His existence. Him. I wanted him in the bluntest way. I wanted his lips, his hands, his arms. I wanted him the way the ocean wants the shore; constantly reaching forward and running back.

I wanted him the way rain wanted to fall, in the way the sun wants to shine, the way words want to be read. I wanted him to infinity, to the millionth degree, no amount of rain could douse the fire I had in me for him.

It was okay to know love, real love and embrace it to it's full potential.

But if you don't find love right away, that's okay. You will be okay. You're going to be okay, you know?

If not today, then tomorrow, then one day. But that one day isn't going to come if I kept clinging onto yesterday and yesterday's yesterday. I know you face harsh obstacles sometimes, in this journey. You fall down and then you're just so tired that you don't want to get up again.

And know that at times you think it's not worth it. That getting up to fall in love only to be pushed down and crushed again isn't worth the energy. But I swear to you, it is so, so worth it.

Strong people have only become stronger with all the moments when they broke down, then picked up their pieces and tried again and again. So try again, like I did.

You always find that one day, who knows? Like me, I was giving up, deciding that that day must have pasted and I missed a chance. But I didn't realize that in just a few hours I was going to run into the boy I would gladly give my soul and then streak through Hell and back for.

- Sabriella "Brielle" Austin

This is also my story. I was just a shy boy, a really really awkward and shy boy who didn't bother with love because he was always too scared of the feelings he felt when the emotions that come in the packaged labeled "LOVE" was too frightening.

But after meeting Bri, I realized that it wasn't me who was scared.

I realized I was all wrong. It's the girls. They're terrified of being broken again since it's usually guys who do the breaking. So now, after realizing how easy it is to break someone, I'm  going to share somethings with you. I hope it helps you.

Dear Women everywhere,

Sometimes you'll just be too much woman. Too smart, too sexy, too strong. Too bold, too beautiful, too real.

Too much of something that makes a man feel like less of a man, which will start making you feel like you have to be less of a woman to be with that man. One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a woman is removing jewels from your crown to make it easier for a man to carry.

You do not need a smaller crown, you need a man with bigger hands. And one more thing!

Why do girls want to look like other girls? Just be you. Be dope. Be genuine. Then it won't matter what you look like. You've already won.

That's what I have to say to you since it is what I meant to say to Bri, but I didn't have the chance. So be you, please. Do what Sabriella tried not to do and stay your own special, spectacular self. Please.

- Greyson "Grey" Taylor