say it!
say that I’m the love of your life
say that I make your heart sing

say that it’s me
you’ve been waiting for
and mean it!

mean it like you meant it
when you said
one day!

one day I’ll show them all
I’ll show them
what it takes

to be a man
on my terms!
and you showed them

I just hope that you meant it

because now I can’t keep
the bittersweet sound
of romance

out of my mouth

Marie Pauwels (31) is a Belgian freelance journalist living in Athens, Greece, where she considers herself retired. She always carries a notebook and a pen. Marie can often be found scribbling on beaches and in bars, though just as many of her thoughts and ideas end up in her Notes app. The themes she returns to—both in her work and in life—are hedonism, love and mania.

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