"i either feel things too strongly or i feel nothing at all,
i try to embrace the cold wind but i will only appreciate the storm, one that leaves me in awe as the sky crackles and breaks into thunders.
i try to embrace the light steam that arises from my coffee but i will only appreciate the burn it leaves on my tongue, one that will remind me of its taste.
i try to embrace the simple happiness in life but i will only appreciate a cascade of breathless laughter, one that will leave me gasping with tears swimming in my eyes.
i try to embrace the annoyance i feel daily but i will only appreciate the simmering anger, one that has me shaking, that blinds me and makes me say things i don't mean.
maybe it's the grand gesture of it all,
maybe it's the overdrive of emotions,
maybe i want to be left breathless, a little bit in pain, to remind me, to keep reminding me, to leave a mark so i can feel it every time i remember it.
but i'll always feel things too strongly or i'll feel nothing at all"
-k.v.
