“I can’t let myself be loved.
Every time we talk, you make me feel excited, free, as if I have nothing to lose. But as soon as you hang up, everything turns off—the music I thought was harmonizing our love fades, and the vivid colors reflected by the sun turn into the cold, melancholic shades of the moon, even when it’s still hidden.
Then you call again, and everything colors itself once more. Suddenly, life isn’t so harsh with you by my side. But out of fear that the whole stage will fall apart again, I seek comfort in others.
I walk with you while looking back, making sure there are others behind me, waiting for the moment to reopen the scene with someone else. I don’t know how to love, much less believe that you will stay, but I am lost in the euphoric sensation of loving without expecting the certainty of your presence in my home.”