Foreword
Foreword
I almost didn’t go.
The night I met Albert, I was tired, disinterested, and planning to stay home. But something, fate, chance, or maybe the stubborn hand of love, nudged me out the door.
And there he was.
In a room I didn’t want to be in, I found the person I never wanted to be without.
That is how love works, sometimes: it comes when you’re not performing for it. It arrives unannounced, dressed in laughter, light, and something that feels like home.
This book is a reflection of that kind of love: unplanned, undeniable, and all-consuming. It’s not just about falling in love. It’s about staying, choosing, deepening, and returning to each other in every version of ourselves.
These poems speak of love as longing, as presence, as physical devotion and emotional refuge. Each line is a fragment of the forever I found the night I almost stayed home.
If you’ve ever stumbled into something that changed everything.
Welcome.
