"The One." Achingly beautiful via @aanch_m. And couldn't have come to me at a more opportune time. Thank you for boldly stating these vulnerable feelings. ・・・ We inevitably subscribe to the notion of 'the one', myself included, no matter how much I try to deny it. Even among a crowd, I long to be the only person my significant other sees when they enter the room. I crave that utopia, that singularity, that sincere partnership, the uncomplicated comfort of knowing that I am the one. That my thoughts, my laugh, the nape of my neck and the colour of my eyes means something to someone. Somebody remembers the tingling of my fingertips, the shape of my palm, how I take my coffee, what makes me recess into myself and what passages in books strike my heart like sharp knives. I, like us all, want to be cherished. Conversely, what I fear is to slip into the tides of time and be consigned to oblivion. Introverted as I may be, I'm resolute in leaving my mark, however soft, on the lives of those around me. It is a selfish want, but one many of us have, as I can imagine- to be commemorated to memory, to live even as the faintest versions of themselves in the thoughts of others. Today I learnt the word for such a feeling . ATHAZAGORAPHOBIA (n): the fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced. . The 'Dictionary of Collected Words' is an ongoing series attempting to revive, share and cultivate through visual representation, some new and old, obscure, underrated and forgotten words from modern language. #dictionaryofcollectedwords #memory #forgetting #love #longing #truth