Be Flexible

Always Forgive

Allow for Growth

These were the three… Values… my Partner and I have/had between us. No others. We wanted to last. So we made Values that would ensure we did last. Flexibility and Forgiveness with infinite room to grow. 

And we had a thing we said… “We’ll get through this.”

And we did. 

Always. No matter what. 

We were stronger together.

But it was during our separation that I realized… The 12 Ethics were in me. They were in him. They were also within the both of us. 

We both valued Learning and Growth. 

We both valued Mental Health. 

We could not be around each other and not heal or be healed. 

But healing is messing. Healing is ugly. 

He gave me all the patience in the world for my healing until he couldn’t any more. 

It was my turn to give the same to him. 

It was as if we were on a giant’s step together. And he gave everything he had to get me up to the next step. And I did. But when I turned around to take his hand and pull him up, he was too broken to even reach. 

So I waited. I flew. I returned every night and reached. I woke ever morning and reached. And when he lay, not reaching, I went and flew. 

And came back every night. 

It was like he was in a Spiritual Coma. 

He had forgotten our Love. Too numbed from the pain for healing me to even feel the love inside.