“Eriku is a free verse. Passion, energy, and rhythm. But Akio... Akio is waka, carefully composed, controlled, polished, and elegant. There is something timeless about him. Everything would be---and was---so easy with Eriku. But he doesn't challenge me enough. Not like Akio does. Love is so many things. And for me, it's a push and a pull.” DifferencesPoemConfessionFinal DecisionPush Pull Book:Tokyo Dreaming Source: Tokyo Dreaming
“It was just one push/pull in our twenty-three years on the push/pull continuum. When my own was airless and warm, I would reach out, pat, find that unoccupied part, the cool part of his pillow.” Push Pull Book:The Cool Part of His Pillow Source: The Cool Part of His Pillow
“Sometimes when I was around Luke I forgot that I could walking away was an option. He has this pull - this way of drawing me into the challenge. When he was around, I was surrounded by his intensity and the world came down to that feeling, the give and take between us. He always seemed to know what to say to get my brain hooked too, which was the worst part.” IntensityHookedPush PullVerbal Sparing Theory Book:The Holiday Kiss Source: The Holiday Kiss