Un Amor -

Here is something strange: in Spanish, we say “desamor” for heartbreak. The absence of love. But un amor —even when it ends—never becomes desamor . It stays un amor . A completed thing. A closed circle.

Un amor is specific. Tangible. Flawed. It has a face, a scent, a season. It might have been toxic. It might have been tender. It might have lasted three weeks or three years, but in the economy of the heart, it depreciated in everything except meaning. un amor

Because un amor is the one that didn’t last. Or the one that never started. The almost. The barely. The what if that grew roots in your bones. Here is something strange: in Spanish, we say

There is a phrase in Spanish that deceives you with its simplicity. Un amor. It stays un amor

So this post is for all the un amores out there. The ones that don’t make the Instagram captions or the wedding toasts. The ones that live in old playlists and forgotten WhatsApp chats. The ones you still think about when it rains a certain way or when you smell a particular perfume on a stranger.