Stories of Poetry and Vice Versa

Love, why?

Why
Why do we love
Love is deadlier than any poison
Why don't we love
Love is more uplifting than any drug
Why do we feel the need for love
When all it does is tear us apart
Why do we feel the need to distance ourselves from those we love
When all it does is tear us apart
Why is it so hard to love
Because all love is futile?
Because we are afraid of rejection?
Because we are afraid of being wrong?
Why is it so easy to love
Because love isn't meant to last?
Because love can be gained from looks?
Because love can be someone's laugh
Love is someone's smile
Love is appreciating the stupid things about someone
And the not-so-stupid
Love is being amazed by them every day
Love is wanting to watch their smile form a thousand times over
Or wanting to watch their nose crinkle when they laugh a thousand times over
Or wanting to feel their warmth or lack thereof of their hands in yours
Love is seeing someone and that alone making your day better
Love is having your demeanor change by talking to someone and being important
Love is being important
Love is being important to someone
Love is being important to someone who is important to you.
Love is being important to someone who is as important to you as you are to them
Love goes both ways
But in my case it only goes one way
And that way is not towards me
Why do we chase people we love
Or people we think we love
To achieve love
To be appreciated in a way you've never felt
To be someone
Instead of no one
You idiot
You're wrong
Some people are destined to this way
Some people are destined to be alone
You're one of the unlucky few
It's a shame too
You had so much potential
So much to offer
Yet so little to have
Why
Why do we chase the unattainable
To be loved
To be approved of
To feel like someone important
To feel relevant
To be cared about
Why do we reach for the impossible
To prove it wrong.
That much I know.
I haven't hit my impossible yet
But I'll get there
at least...
that's what they tell me
All we can do
Unfortunately
Is wait