I want everyone I love to live forever and never die.

Is that naive?
Yes.
Is it unrealistic?
Yes.
Is it bad for me?
Sometimes, yes.
But I can't change it. I have tried.
I worry so much for those I care about even if I don't talk about it. I haven't made peace with death. Sometimes I lose myself in loving them, and making the best of our time together.
And sometimes I lose myself in the grief and the sadness of its temporary nature that requires us to employ our imaginative linguistic justifications and work-arounds to create meaning out of loss.

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originnone · 61-69, M

then I'm glad you don't love me.

Miram · 31-35, F

@originnone Glad? Happy?

originnone · 61-69, M

@Miram The idea of wanting to live forever isn't a good one to me.

Miram · 31-35, F

@originnone
That's alright.
It exists in my brain not yours so it has no bearing on your own life.
What I think or don't think in relation to grief doesn't have to affect you

originnone · 61-69, M

@Miram well said