How to Tell Someone You Love Them:

*Send them letters
*Make a list of things you love about them;

  write it on your favorite part of their skin

*Run them a hot bath

*Take them to the symphony

*Light candles

*Let your body become their sweater

*Give them your last pair of socks

*Take photographs of them

*Make them a cup of tea

*Knit them mittens

*Rub lotion on their hands;

  mold them like a sculpture

*Read their favorite book

*Make them a mix cd

*Sing to them

*Watch all their favorite movies

*Read them a poem

*Include them in your journals

*Be shy around them

*Tell them you miss them

*Make love to them

*Allow your body to crumple

  beneath theirs
*Exchange recipes
*Cook for them
*Wear their clothing
*Laugh at their jokes
*Buy them a plant

*Take them to your favorite place

*Inspire them

*Bloom, wither, and bloom again

*Let your fingers trace their spine

*Smile as often as you can manage

*Admire their hands, play with their fingers

*Watch them sleep

*Remember their birthday

*Pretend they are fragile

*Crawl underneath their skin

*Bruise them with your lips

*Button their clothing
 where hands can't reach
*Show them your scars
*Comb their hair

*Paint for them

*Say, "I love you."

A List of Things I Am Afraid of:

* The final page of a good novel
* Dirty bed sheets
* The smell of your flesh
* Falling in love with a writer
* My plants dying
* Pianist hands
* Moldy bread
* Loneliness
* Violins
* Not having enough money
* Having too much money
* Death
* Becoming lackluster
* Being forgotten
* Apologies
* Caring too much
* Not caring enough
* That I'll always be fat
* Losing faith
* God
* Wanting too much
* Loving too much
* Praying too much
* Disappointment
* Unhappiness
* Fire
* Not being a good writer
* Indefinite stage fright
* Life
* Myself

( I am half afraid you will always have to remind me I'm beautiful. That you'll think of me as smoke.)

Introduction

A List of Things I Know To Be True:

* Stacks of books will never cease to be wonderful
* Ticking clocks are somewhat upsetting
* Spines are the most beautiful part of the body
* Boys with pretty hands are detrimental to my health
* Piano keys will always look like fingers
* Nothing cures heartache more than a hot bath
* I will ways love fictional men more than the
   ones who exist.
* My mother will bring me soup when I am ill
  and say, "It's because you never wear
  socks for hell's sake."
* If I've fallen in love with you, daybooks will
   be filled with your name. You may not always
   like what you read.
* Not learning to play the violin will be my
   biggest regret.
* A large cup of tea is good for the soul
* Romance movies can be nefarious when lonely
* Alone can be good
* Pressed flowers look at me sadly, as though
   they know I have killed them and they are
   sorry for it.

Welcome to my blog.
xx