When You Fall In Love With Words

… toxic won’t be far behind

Photo by Paul Silva on Unsplash

After 15 years of no loving words, no loving touches, or no prospects to have either, I was hungry for attention — and he was there.

He was there to shower me with compliments that segued into daily texted “good morning beautiful” messages, which parlayed our daily interaction into loving hugs when he came to my building, and again when he left for the…