ALT I had made up my mind about love, I wanted nothing to do with it. I had built my walls carefully, lived comfortably behind them, and told myself I was fine. I wasn’t searching, I wasn’t hoping, I wasn’t waiting for anyone. And then there was you. You didn’t storm in. You didn’t demand anything. You simply arrived — softly, unexpectedly, like a breath of fresh air on a day I didn’t know I needed it. You were gentle in a way I had forgotten people could be. Warm in a way that made my walls feel less necessary. I didn’t plan for you. I didn’t look for you. But somehow, in the middle of all my running, you became the reason I finally stopped. And now I can’t imagine what I was so afraid of, because loving you feels nothing like what I was running from, it feels like coming home. Happy first month, sayang. I love you the most. 🤍, Eirlys Marliene Rose.