::rainy romance::

Romance with written words and tied bows

Paris, December 1795

I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! Are you angry? Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried?... My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for you lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully realized how false an image of you your portrait gives!

You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours.

Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire. -Napoleon Bonaparte

I truly do wish more people would write letters with postage for a little more romance in the world. Which is why I am going to start :)

step 1. buy some elegant stationary
step 2. write with love
step 3. mail to my amores
step 4. voila! more romance :)

image by humunuku shoppe @ etsy.com