The feeling of being with a person that makes you happy like no one else. Someone who ignites a fire within you, like food to your soul. Someone that leaves you restless at night because their love overwhelms you. Someone who you trust with all your secrets without fear of judgement and to be there for you at your most vulnerable. Someone who gives you stability when life is filled with chaos. Comfort when there is no one else to count on. Safety when you’re wrapped in their arms. I want to be so helplessly in love with someone that it almost feels like I’m drowning in them.

I want it all.

Because it gets lonely and as much as I have been content with being single, it can get old, tiring even. Don’t get me wrong. Not having to answer to anyone is refreshing. Being free to do whatever you want, go wherever you want, and talk to whoever you want — is liberating. But the independence? Thrill? It can only last for so long before it gets old and repetitive. Because you can be at such a good place in your life, be filled with so much self love, and radiate independence but at the end of the day what makes us feel most alive is love.