MERAKI (may-rah-key) Greek:
(n) To do something with soul, creativity, and love
If what they say about how love makes your life colorful is accurate, then I feel like I'm living in a kaleidoscope.
Recently I happened to read a novel where the protagonist writes letters to his loved ones so that at a later date he can reminisce over them at a later date.
That really inspired me.
In a world where messages can easily be sent via the press of a few buttons, I think the idea of writing down an entire book documenting our love story is intimate in a way no other form of communication can really encapsulate.
Writing down things really helps me communicate the far more vulnerable thoughts running through my head with you.
Thoughts that I never even knew I had.
So let this book be a testament to my love.
To prove that I loved you,
I love you and I will always be in love with you.
I am in love with the idea of you and the physical aspect of you.
I am dependent on you in a way.
Is love like this healthy?
Is this even love?
I was afraid of the concept of a soulmate.
I lack completion. Given that I am flawed, how can I be the puzzle's missing piece? I can't be regarded as whole by myself, so how can I complete someone else? However, all those uncertainties and insecurities now seem absurd.
I met you, and everything in my life appeared to make sense from that point on. It seems to have been carefully planned. I had the feeling of being the lead character in a corny romance novel.
If love is colorful then let me describe various phases of our relationship through colors.
The seven colors of the rainbow to be precise.
It all started with the color orange.
Lily's notes
From what I can tell it seemed that Ayomi had a low view of herself. It feels wrong to analyze and pass out 'diagnoses' from just a few sentences scribbled on a journal but this was the only way you and I can uncover the truth.
Ayomi was also, very clearly, and obviously, in love.
I am not sure if I have loved this hard.
I always read about this type of love, if you can even call it that, but never experienced it despite being in multiple relationships.
It is interesting that she uses the word Meraki in the beginning. A quick Google search reveals that modern Greeks often use to describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love -- when you put "something of yourself" into what you're doing, whatever it may be.
So in a way, the diary is an extension of Ayomi's own self.
Is it right for me to tamper and read such deep and intricate thoughts of Ayomi even if it is for her own good?
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