Orbiting Her: A Love in the Chaos

by a guy who never knew the universe could feel like home until she showed up

Life doesn’t care about your plans. It doesn’t care if you’ve got your coffee made, your shoes tied, or your heart in the right place. Life just throws stuff—curveballs, heartbreaks, bills, Mondays that feel like betrayal. And sometimes, you think it’s too much. Maybe this is it. Maybe the world wins.

And then she shows up.

She moves through life with a kind of patience that feels impossible. Patient when the world is screaming, patient when I am. She listens like the universe whispered its secrets only to her. And in the quiet of her attention, the chaos softens. She doesn’t lecture, she doesn’t push. She just… holds everything steady. And somehow, that is enough.

Her beauty isn’t just the morning sun spilling across a dark room. It’s in the way she talks, the way her laughter hangs in the air, the way she became part of my family before I even realized it—seamlessly, naturally, like she’d always belonged. And I fell. Hard. A thousand years I’ve loved her. A thousand more I will. And every day, I find new ways to fall again.

Lately, the world has been heavy. Stress, depression, everything banging at the door at once. And she was there—not with speeches, not with expectations, just fully herself. Fierce, steady, constant. She held me when I couldn’t hold myself. Carried me when I couldn’t carry anything. And in that, I realized: I couldn’t have made it without her. Not one second.

Time feels different with her. The hours stretch, bend, even pause. A thousand years wouldn’t feel long enough to explore her laughter, her words, her gaze. She sees the world in a way that makes you believe it’s worth seeing at all. She is my sun, my gravity, my north star. She is the calm in the storm, the constant in a spinning universe.

I orbit her. I fall for her again and again. I marvel at her. And I know this: whatever the chaos, whatever the storms, I will spend all the time I have on this earth loving her, living beside her, learning from her, marveling at her. Because the universe, in all its wildness, somehow brought her to me. And that… is everything.


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28 responses to “Orbiting Her: A Love in the Chaos”

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    Anonymous

    Well that made me cry. How lucky you are! I look forward to getting to know her someday.

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    1. AKings Avatar

      Thank you, that is sweet.

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    Anonymous

    and when you find that person you never let go ❤️

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  3. insidemyshoes Avatar

    I always say that one can live without love unless the TRUE love is found, then life gets better, the sky is bluer and regardless the nasty things that happen around the world, still, life is beautiful and love is nothing but its celebration. Happy you found love or it found you! 🙂

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    1. AKings Avatar

      I guess.. fate? If you believe in that too 😊.

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  4. JeanMarie Avatar

    Lovely.
    “Her beauty isn’t just the morning sun spilling across a dark room.” that sounds like it belongs in a poem.

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    1. AKings Avatar
  5. Lynette d'Arty-Cross Avatar

    That’s such a beautifully brimming homage to the love of your life. It’s always wonderful to hear about such good things.

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    1. AKings Avatar

      Thank you Lynette.

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  6. David Avatar

    Beautifully poetic. You are so lucky she showed up.

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    1. AKings Avatar

      I am ☺️. Thank you!

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    Anonymous

    How heart-warming! You deserve to feel that love!

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    1. AKings Avatar
  8. KikiFikar Avatar

    I’m thrilled for you. Anyone who lights up your heart and world is a gift. ❤️

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    1. AKings Avatar

      Thank you Kiki!

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  9. Gerry Palermo Avatar

    BEautiful testimony of love. BE – is not a capitalization problem 🙂

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    1. AKings Avatar

      What does it mean? ☺️

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      1. Gerry Palermo Avatar

        Your expression of appreciation is the Being of love. It brings forward not mere words but an essence. To BE in love is BE-utiful.

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  10. Kristi Avatar

    not only is this such a beautiful expression of devotion, but it also gives me a fresh burst of hope for what is possible, and who/what can happen unexpectedly. After a long period of solitude (and loneliness), I feel ready for new Love. And this showing up now just feels like a little warmth for my heart to keep believing, keep trusting. Keep opening and going for it.
    Grazie, thank you for this.

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    1. AKings Avatar

      That’s a really tender place to be—open again after a long quiet stretch takes real courage. I’m glad this moment found you when it did; sometimes a little warmth is all it takes to remind the heart it still knows how to hope. Stay with that feeling—it sounds like you’re ready for something beautiful to meet you halfway. ☺️

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      1. Kristi Avatar

        Thank you so much for this. I very much hope so 🙏🏻✨🌹

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      2. AKings Avatar

        I wrote this for you:

        There are seasons that sit a little too long.

        You know the kind—quiet mornings, long drives,
        songs that feel like they’re talking to you a bit too directly.
        The world keeps moving, of course. It always does.
        But sometimes your heart… takes its time catching up.

        And that’s alright.

        Because somewhere—probably when you’re not even looking for it—
        life has a way of slipping something gentle into your hands.
        Not loud. Not dramatic.
        Just… right.

        The kind of love that doesn’t rush you.
        Doesn’t make you question your worth.
        The kind that feels like coming home after a long day
        and realizing the lights were left on for you.

        I don’t know when it’ll find you.
        But I have a feeling it will—
        in a moment that feels almost ordinary
        until you realize it isn’t.

        And when it does, Kristi,
        I hope you let it stay.

        Because some loves don’t arrive like fireworks.

        They arrive like warmth.

        And after everything—
        that’s the kind that lasts.

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      3. Kristi Avatar

        Ok, mi ha fatto piangere–this made me cry 😭 how beautiful. You’re a lovely human. Thank you for taking the time to make art on my behalf–It feels like a sweet prayer, and I’m very very grateful. I will keep this close, knowing now that the universe is conspiring on a grander scale to thread love and care into my life 🩵✨ grazie, thank you so so much, both hands on heart 💛

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      4. AKings Avatar

        You’re welcome and I hope you have a great evening. ☺️

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  11. ibarynt Avatar

    This just warms my heart. I hope you’re feeling better too.

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    1. AKings Avatar

      Thanks ☺️.

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