Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.
Rainer Maria Rilke
You are not ” a couple”.
You are two individuals living side by side.
Unearthing archaeological artifacts by virtue of who you are and where you are.
Unraveling, unwinding – being dismantled.
No need to run.
No need to hide.
No need to be “a couple”.
No need to feign attraction.
No need to “uncouple”.
This point of stalemate is inevitable.
Between any two people.
Everyone comes to this point.
Whether they stay or not is a whole different story.
It’s the point of no return.
No options.
All the options feel old.
Not something to run away from.
But to sit in the discomfort of all the uncomfortable truths.
No teacher can know or tell you what to do here.