life is a garden ➿ and the roots are all touching

CRUSH LIKE YOU MEAN IT

CRUSH LIKE YOU’VE ONLY EVER HAD A FLIP PHONE! CRUSH LIKE YOU’VE NEVER STEPPED A DAMN FOOT INTO THE INSTA-PANOPTICON! CRUSH LIKE YOU’RE TWELVE AND YOU SEE THE SAME PERSON BEHIND THE HOT TOPIC REGISTER EVERY SATURDAY WHEN YOU GO TO THE MALL! CRUSH WITH THE HEART STOPPING NERVOUSNESS THAT MADE YOU SLAM YOUR LAPTOP SHUT AFTER POKING YOUR CLASSMATE ON FACEBOOK! SURE THERE ARE COUNTLESS BADDIES ONLINE BUT WHEN IS THE LAST TIME SOMEONE MADE YOU LAUGH TILL YOU ACCIDENTALLY DROOLED? A REAL LIFE CRUSH WILL MAKE YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE THINGS ABOUT BEING HUMAN THAT FEEL INCONVENIENT, HELPLESS, AND PATHETIC- IN THAT BREATH WE FIND FAITH TO GIVE IT A GO DESPITE IT ALL, AND GODDAMN IT, IF WE DON’T HAVE FAITH IN THIS LITTLE LIFE THEN WHAT DO WE EVEN HAVE AT ALL???? HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WHO WE ARE? WE ARE A SPECIES THAT YEARNS, YEARNS SO HARD THAT LOVE HAS REMAINED AN EVOLUTIONARY VALUE THROUGH GENERATIONS! BE A HUMAN AND LOVE AND FAIL AND TRIUMPH AND DO THE MESS AND CLEAN THE MESS AND MAKE THE MESS ALL OVER AGAIN! FUCK IT WE BALL

last edited 7/16/25