{"id":924,"date":"2026-08-06T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/?p=924"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:17:53","slug":"love-as-a-verb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/?p=924","title":{"rendered":"Love, as a Verb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2320999655&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Absolute gems occasionally emerge from Spotify Radio. Bear in mind, my music taste feels like emotional cinematography. A way of changing the \u201clighting\u201d, to turn everyday moments into something more reflective, beautiful, and slightly filmic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I found \u2018<em>When the Day Is Over\u2019<\/em> by twominds. And it flooded my mind with visuals&#8230; of falling in love. Falling into that peculiar state where the world tilts slightly in your favour and ordinary life starts glowing around the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I promise I\u2019m not naive. I think. People fall <em>out<\/em> of love too. Sometimes quickly, and often for perfectly understandable reasons. But I don\u2019t regret the times I\u2019ve fallen into it. Life can be spectacular that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve had plenty of conversations with people who describe relationships as almost adversarial, yet I haven\u2019t wavered. If anything, it\u2019s deepened my resolve and sharpened the sensations. Life is too short, and tbh too pretty, to be a fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And on the flip side, I\u2019ll let Hollywood keep the grand gestures, the airport sprints and declarations in the rain. What I daydream about is much smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing her coffee in bed after a late night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noticing when certain moments call for sharing the load. Even if that simply translates as offering snacks or space. Making a packed lunch to save her time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hand against her waist as I walk past. Maybe a kiss placed casually on her head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catching each other\u2019s eye across a busy room and having an entire conversation without speaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bookshop afternoons, returning with an irresponsible number of books, then lying tangled together in bed, quietly reading separate stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obsessing hard about ideas and exploring thoughts and feelings together. Laced with dry humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cups of tea on the sofa while raindrops tap against the windows. Not much to say, but nowhere else to be either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s movement too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late night walks through the city. Being the insufferably cute locals at a caf\u00e9. Christmas markets in Prague. Spectating at <a href=\"https:\/\/theworldbattle.com\/\">breakdancing competitions<\/a>. Wandering into moments rather than observing them from the sidelines. The kind of impulse that makes Chuck Krantz start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ofHXmOD-4kA\">dancing<\/a> when he hears the drummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Encouraging her towards opportunities that both excite and frighten her. Being a stable home without becoming her entire world. Having our own friends, interests and private corners, but occasionally opening the doors and inviting each other inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of this imagery from a three-minute song, of what becomes possible when two people with their own distinct lives make space for one another. Continuously turning toward each other with affection, curiosity, and attention. Living for small moments as much as the big ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not mentioning a \u201cforever person\u201d was intentional. What I\u2019ve described already exists as memory, instinct and the way I know how to love. Perhaps that matters most in the single seasons: remembering that this capacity is still inside me, waiting for somewhere it can be met. And <em>goddamn<\/em>, does it make me feel alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolute gems occasionally emerge from Spotify Radio. Bear in mind, my music taste feels like emotional cinematography. A way of changing the \u201clighting\u201d, to turn everyday moments into something more reflective, beautiful, and slightly filmic.&nbsp; Today I found \u2018When the Day Is Over\u2019 by twominds. 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