I love you, But:

A Love Checklist Manifesto

I love you, but:

I’m yours; you don’t own me.

I belong with you: I don’t belong to you.

I choose you, and I remain myself.

I walk beside you, not behind you.

I grow with you, not into you.

I share my life, not surrender it.

Love without ownership.

Affection without submission.

Closeness without erasure.

This is what love is defined by.

A.O. Homorodean

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