Dear romantic,
You wear your heart upon your sleeve
Waving it around for everyone to see
In love with the idea of love
Not thinking of what it really means
It's not all fairytale weddings and happy endings
It's fights and screaming at three in the morning
Throwing shoes and punching furniture
Dear romantic,
That's what you have to understand
Love isn't the promise that you'll never fight
It's the very fights themselves that strengthen your love
The anger and fights are like breaking a bone
It's painful but when it heals the relationship will be stronger
Dear romantic,
You don't understand that your love won't be perfect
The other person is flawed, as you are yourself
They were not formed to be a perfect human just for you
Or to only ever agree with you and do what you wish
They are not your pet
They are not a doll
They are a human with their own mind
But dear romantic,
You may never understand this
What you read in novels is just that
A fictitious representation of what humans wish love was-
Do not read these stories and create an illusion of love
Nobody's love is the same
You will create your own story
Published with every breath you take
As the words are carried into the air
Photographed as every person around you in the street
Sees your imperfect love
So dear romantic,
Treasure the fact that this human
Who you don't own
Who has no obligation to return to you
Comes back night after night
And still believes the "I love you"'s that they whisper
And when you look at them
And see their scrunched up, angry face late at night
Know that all will be forgiven in the morning
But don't take that fact for granted
Then whisper to yourself that this is love
The solidified idea that despite the fighting
It's all worth it
YOU ARE READING
Poetic Whispers
PoesieMy most often updated work on wattpad, which contains many different poems from love to several darker themes
