sex + love

Physiologically, we crave the foods that aren’t healthy for us because they make our brains feel happy. Since learning this, I wonder if we subconsciously indulge in the intimate experiences …
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Dear New Love,

Stop tempting me. Calling and asking for promises I can’t keep. I have work to do, and you will only be in the way. If you care …
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Titles. They give us a sense of validity, a sense of insight to where we stand with someone, and a sort of comfort. Right? Well….

I have very little dating …
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I wrote poems about you. Stood on open mic stages and belted them out. Cried over glasses of Cabernet Sauvignon for you. Cranked up Toni Braxton and sang in an …
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I remember reading something my aunt wrote a few years ago. At the time, she was a newlywed and was just exiting the infatuation phase of marriage. She discussed things …
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His piercing, blood shot eyes were hidden behind dark shades, yet the sneaky smile plastered on his face revealed his lustful desires – exposed, uninhibited.

It’s 3 am.

I’m sitting …
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So I met someone. We’ve been dating for a little over a year and it’s quite possible that I may just be “in love”. I find it funny because I’m …
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“cruel mothers are still mothers. they make us wars. they make us revolution. they teach us the truth. early. mothers are humans. who sometimes give birth to their pain. instead …
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I’m not angry anymore.

I once was. I acknowledge that now. Behind polite smiles and contrived waves to a couple who claimed they weren’t a couple there was a lovelorn …
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Like most things these days, it began with a comment on an Instagram photo. It was the 4th of July and I was sitting in my mother’s backyard in New …
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