“go after her, fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call,

 go after her because that’s what you should do if you love someone,

 don’t wait for them to give you a sign ’cause it might never come,

don’t let people happen to you, don’t let me happen to you, or her,

she’s not a fucking television show or tornado.

there are people i might have loved had they gotten on the airplane

 or run down the street after me

or called me up drunk at four in the morning because they need to tell me right now

 and because they cannot regret this

 and i always thought i’d be the only one doing crazy things

for people who would never give enough of a fuck to do it back

or to act like idiots

or be entirely vulnerable and honest

 and making someone fall in love with you is easy

 and flying 3000 miles on four days notice because you can’t just sit there and do nothing

 and breathe into telephones is not everyone’s idea of love

 but it is the way i can recognize it because that is what i do.

go scream it and be with her in meaningful ways

 because that is beautiful and that is generous

and that is what loving someone is,

 that is raw and that is unguarded,

and that is all that is worth anything, really”