It's important.
You know how
they say that sea otters hold hands when they sleep, so they
don’t drift away from each other? Humans are a little
like that too. We just want someone who will knot their fingers
through ours and stay there. We want someone to show up on our
doorstep at midnight, holding Chinese takeout, all because they
sensed somehow that you were starving. We want someone to call
us in the morning to wake us up, so we can pretend that
we’re mad at them, when really hearing them first thing
makes getting up worthwhile. We want someone to spend hours
thinking about, to lose sleep over, to not actually be able to
sleep until they’ve said good night. We want someone to
go to the movies with, buy popcorn for, sit and watch not even
five minutes of the movie before you end up spending the rest
of it kissing them. We want someone to call at 3am, just to
say, hey you, I miss you. We want someone to capture our
attention, make us laugh, make our heart do that weird thing
where it beats slow and fast at the same time. We want someone
to push up against a wall, grab onto, pull closer, be
infatuated with, and love so intensely, and just know that
it’s still not nearly enough. We want someone to bring us
coffee in the morning. Someone to fall asleep next to. Someone
to spend all day with, and then call as soon as you get home.
Someone to drive anywhere with. Humans just want someone, who
will return everything. So I guess I’m just asking if
you’ll be my sea otter. I’ll hold your hand when
you sleep. I won’t drift away. Even if you tell me to,
I’ll try and swim back.
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