Falling in love in your adulthood is a journey—a moment when you stand tall, proud of who you’ve become. It’s a time when you are mostly happy, deeply satisfied with life, when you know yourself intimately and love yourself completely. It’s when you understand what you seek in another: not a fleeting type, but a soul of substance, a character that resonates.
This love is different. It’s not about appearances; it’s about depth. It’s not about falling—it’s about grounding yourself in the feeling of security, of home. Where you feel safe, where you feel most at ease—that is where love flourishes, where you feel loved.
Falling in love in your adulthood is no longer a whimsical affair. It’s an art of imagining a shared life, building trust, and weaving the threads of belief, care, and understanding. It is about the beauty of communication, the power of value, and the quiet strength of connection.
But love isn’t always linear. What happens when this deeply grounded love doesn’t lead to where you imagined it would? When the feelings that engulf you—intense, all-consuming—don’t culminate in union with the person who sparked them?
Still, you cherish those feelings. The fire of love ignites something rare: a reminder of life’s intensity, a surge of aliveness that cannot be replicated. It melts away the protective armour you’ve spent years building, and you ask yourself: Isn’t the experience of love worth it, even without the destination? Wouldn’t you choose to feel this way again, to meet the person who unlocked these emotions within you?
You are not broken. You are whole. Your heart beats fiercely, even if it feels bound by invisible chains. Held tightly, yet still free to race with life’s rhythm.
This collection is an ode to that love. A tribute to hearts wrapped in chains, bound by ropes, and adorned with bows. It captures the duality of love in adulthood: the strength of independence, the vulnerability of surrender.
Love Was Here, a collection that transforms the complexities of mature love into wearable poetry—exquisite, intricate, and deeply human.
