@re-joyce 19 February 2026

Love turns ordinary people into poets, philosophers… monsters. When Eric said that, it sounded painfully true. Because love really does rewrite you. It makes you softer than you’ve ever been, saying things you didn’t know you were capable of feeling. It makes you analyze every silence, every word, every almost. It turns you into someone who overthinks, overgives, overhopes. And sometimes, it turns you into someone you barely recognize. Because love doesn’t just reveal your tenderness. It exposes your shadows too. That’s the terrifying beauty of it. The same love that teaches you how to write poetry about someone can also tempt you to become a version of yourself you swore you’d never be. Maybe that’s why letting go is sometimes necessary. Not because you stopped loving them. But because you don’t want love to turn you into a monster in the name of keeping it.