If You Date Me

dhani
2 min readSep 16, 2021
Roses (1890) by Vincent Van Gogh. Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

If you date me, you are dating my weird laugh. You are dating my fascination over books and music.

I will tell you about midwest emo and how Modern Baseball is the greatest band of them all.

If you date me, you are dating my compassion, my fear of rejection, my hatred of injustice, my passion for the utopia.

You will date my love of food, I will take you to eat and walk around town. I will ask you to dance under the rain when dangdut is played.

You will date my overwhelming & irrational anxiety. My struggle to be perfect. My overprotective passion to love you better.

You will find my hobby of collecting obscure Japanese City Pop Vinyl. And how I become fully frontal snobs that hate anything for no reason. You will date my sarcastic and judgmental opinions.

If you date, you are dating my love of words & sound. My intense love. my unquenchable need to cuddle and blast AC to the lowest temperature.

You will date my ability to help others better than for myself. You are dating my recovery from an depression and fear of the unknown. My self awareness & my ever wavering confidence.

If you date me you will see my close relationship with my family. My skill of making sambal and goreng kerupuk.

You are dating my chubby tummy and soft cheek. You are dating my lush, my fetish, and my need of hot and steamy sex.

You are dating my laziness. My spontaneity to watch new Korean dramas. My hatred and obsession over old books. My obsession with the train. You are dating my need for words of affirmation. You are dating my patience & understanding.

But of all things you will find. You will find that I learned my lesson, You will find my mistakes, and how I become a better person.

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dhani
dhani

Written by dhani

Spinning tales with the remnants of broken hearts, because why waste good pain?

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