Discretionary Love

April’s story release is brought to you by Dolo Diaz, @mk_kuol14, K.Zharkovna, @KenWetherington, Sophia McGovern, @ospreysview, Christina Brannon, Swetha Amit, Matthew Sisson, @ HalfTheLobster, Dale Scherfling… (1/2) discretionarylove.com

We talk about their new baby. Having our own. The past. Your muscles tense, you breathe erratically, and I am too tired to fix your sad eyes. "The path by the river"— Sophia McGovern discretionarylove.com/the-path-by-th…

Morning, Responses for May’s story release will go out over the weekend. 🤍

Evenings should always be dewy, you said, and you wore the words like vestments that clothed your thought from me. "Waiting for the White Trout"— Kataryna Zharkovna discretionarylove.com/waiting-for-th…

That summer taught me something I didn’t know I needed to learn: that wanting and patience can live in the same body at the same time if you’re brave enough. "Me and Ardie"— Dale Scherfling discretionarylove.com/me-and-ardie/

& see the soul before the color of their eyes, embrace to say I hope this will last until next time, rather than a procedural goodbye, how we sometimes cry for the pain of strangers as if we were meant to cry for everyone. "The Whole Point"— Brandon Shane discretionarylove.com/the-whole-poin…

Some dreams end up stacked beside canned goods. He had them too— crumpled drafts, ink pressed into the shape of wanting. You swallowed them whole. Now they surface— tonsil stones, hard, legible... "Cardigan Folklore"— Furkan Pinar discretionarylove.com/cardigan-folkl…

"I slid through some door cracks that might not have been there for her and the friend I left behind that day. I moved to the city, went to college, and made friends that uplifted me." "The Occasionnal Tugs of a Past Life"— Gabriel Sims discretionarylove.com/the-occasionna…

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A new flash up in @LovesDiscretion thank you editors! discretionarylove.com/one-more-chanc…

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I don’t regret loving you. I regret how carefully I did it. How I kept it contained, as if exposure would ruin it, not realizing that containment was already a kind of ruin. Love isn’t preserved by silence. "Drafts I Never Sent"— Kumar Sen discretionarylove.com/drafts-i-never…

By now, Pamela understood that this increasingly odd date would not be about her. She should have been annoyed. Despite herself, she was drawn to Sébastien’s tales of the near-mythic woman who had been his wife. "Memories of Hatsue"— Kenneth N. Margolin discretionarylove.com/memories-of-ha…

I will look both ways, have hope indented around my eyes & cheeks & forehead. Is there a way to keep eyes open all the time, I look at my dream and my dream looks back at me I willed the world to be and finally it bent. "I really can't"— Christina Brannon discretionarylove.com/i-really-cant/

I wanna be the raindrop that soaked the ground under your feet that holds you. I wanna be the raindrop that trickled into your well & awaits your call. "I wanna be your glass of water"— Sarah Wolfe discretionarylove.com/i-wanna-be-you…

We were miles away from our condo in the city—a place that echoed our high-pitched voices shouting names, breaking plates and glasses, and throwing books. The floors and walls had begun to crack. "One More Chance"— Swetha Amit discretionarylove.com/one-more-chanc…

To the happy mom, overwhelmed mom, working mom, mom gone too soon, rainbow mom, tired mom, mom to be, bonus mom, need 1 more hour mom, anxious mom, caring mom, everywhere mom, depressed mom, stay at home mom, had to be their own mom, make it happen mom... Happy Mother's Day.

i drink to you to those lips that only lustered with the silliness of your half truths to those eyes that only twinkled with the deadness of your heart "last toast"— @mk_kuol14 discretionarylove.com/last-toast/

I was half asleep, doomscrolling, starvation in Sudan, Iran on fire. Turns out, my personal doom sat across the table, by the almond butter. I pleaded with her, promised to do whatever she wanted to save our marriage. "Phantom Love"— @ospreysview discretionarylove.com/phantom-love/

My kin’s anger, braised. His kin’s anger, raw. We lit candles. They buried guns for when they might need them. We lasted two more months. "The Planes that Split Us"— Dolo Diaz discretionarylove.com/the-planes-tha…

April’s story release is also brought to you by Kenneth N. Margolin, Gabriel Sims, Chris Dungey, Sarah Wolfe, Madison Guernsey, Aerin Higginbotham, Avery Michelle, Furkan Pinar, Kumar Sen, Sabrina Rahman. discretionarylove.com

April’s story release is brought to you by Dolo Diaz, @mk_kuol14, K.Zharkovna, @KenWetherington, Sophia McGovern, @ospreysview, Christina Brannon, Swetha Amit, Matthew Sisson, @ HalfTheLobster, Dale Scherfling… (1/2) discretionarylove.com