i don’t think i have the right kind of unrequited feelings any longer to make gloria by mineral fit for me

i think i am proud of this

unsteady reciprocity? sure. intermittent anxiety? absolutely. emotional, clingy, reliant, immature? yea, often. but the admirative dependence and desire to relinquish myself to another are somewhat alien to me now.

maybe i just don’t trust anyone else for the task. which speaks to a certain disillusionment with the overestimations i’ve previously construed. by all means i will still wish for bold shoulders to hold my head, but i am my own clay, no one can take this from me.

i’m only able to feel this uneasy pride because of the confidence i gain through the relationships of my loved ones, and that’s a beautiful thing too