By Muthoni Maina

Maybe

The love you long for

Is the one you hold for yourself

It’s also the friend reaching out to you

It could also be your parent sending you produce mid-month

That one friend that curates playlists for you and shares movie suggestions

What if?

The media stops dictating what love should be

How it should feel

That disagreeing is normal and rekindling after is actually love

What if?

Now you believe all this is curated

For you

Maybe

The fear you hold so deep within

Could actually birth something appealing

The insecurities you hide of your body

Are actually what makes people attracted to you

What if?

You actually inspire someone to live, to dream, to do the hard things, to believe?

That the universe unfolds

And it all works out

For you

Be whimsical, it doesn’t hurt. Really