I loved you before I even knew the name for it. Everyday I’d sit beside you, inhaling your scent, looking at your beautiful face. Every night, dreaming about you. You eclipsed everything else. It was you. Always you.
Being with him made me want to make my own dreams, discover my own path. I was my best self when I was with him.
History isn’t all fact – it’s just the story the victors tell to keep themselves in power. And it’s been a slow revision. The more time passes, the easier it becomes to reinvent the past.
Sacrifice for a worthy cause means something. It’s the best of what makes us human.
If we can learn to love one another and lift each other up, then we will not fall, no matter the assault the enemy might bring.
If we don’t fight, we’ve already lost. Without hope, without trying, there’s no point.
We have to believe that forgiveness is still possible even if those we committed crimes against will not forgive us. It means what matters most is how we live now. It’s what redemption is all about.