Here’s what I would say if my partner asked me how I want to be loved.

Things that I don’t often say out loud, but are true nevertheless.

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I want to be loved with nothing confining me, with nothing defining my boundaries.

I want to run, to fly, to stumble, to fall, to get up and run once more.

I want to make mistakes, to fuck up so bad, it seems the world would never be alright again. To take risks, to give up my job and be unemployed for days till I find a new one.

I want to write in cosy cafes, on verdant hilltops, inside log cabins by a blazing fire, cuddled up in my partner’s lap. I want to write till the stories inside my heart translate themselves into books,

I want to take pictures of lakes and waterfalls, clouds and empty meadows, rock beaches and trickling streams, and I want my partner to let me be. To let me do whatever my heart wants.

I want my partner to have goals he is passionate about, things that make his eyes shine when he talks about them. I will make it my life’s goal to help him achieve them (not that he should need any help. Just that, I will be there along the journey).

I have some pretty big dreams myself, and I want my partner to be with me each moment of the day when I work…