Why seek a love that is simple, easy, or perfect When we can have a love that is so much more?
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Updated 6 years ago,September 2, 2019
I see photos of these perfect couples with their perfect loveA love they say is simple and easyAnd for so longI believed themAnd so I sought a perfect loverTo share a perfect loveBut I am not simple and I am not easyNor am I perfectAnd neither are you
Loving you isnt simpleFor I am a complicated beingWith a heart thats been shattered, hardened, softened and healedOnly to be broken againBy life and loss
Loving you isnt easyIts a spiritual journeyA walk through the fireA mirrorShining the light on the darkest parts of my heartThe parts Ive been taught to hideFrom you and myselfLoving you’re free to reawakenOld woundsReminding me how hard it can beTo feel safeBeing so vulnerableAnd openAnd yet, still leaning inSlowly and sweetlyDespite the discomfortsBecause although its not easyIt sure as hell is worth it
Loving you’re free to be triggeringAnd thus, an opportunity to healAnd healing, my dear oneis never easy or simpleLoving you is a safe spaceFor me to speak up with anotherAuthentically and honestlyEspecially when I spent many yearsShutting down
Loving you is a practiceIn being seen, heard, valued, and respectedAnd doing the same for youImperfectlyAnd highly flawed at timesLoving you is a lessonIn communicationIn forgivenessIn acceptanceIn letting go
The kind of love that is meant for meIs not easy or simpleFor I am not simple or easyAnd neither are youWeve got depth and profundity and questions and laughterLoving you is an adventureTo be traveled aloneAnd togetherThe kind of love that is meant for meIs not perfectIt doesnt fulfill meComplete meOr make me wholeAnd it doesnt always feel goodIn fact, sometimes it feels shittyFor your presence can illuminateFears, insecurities, expired beliefsWhere I have gotten stuckWhere I need to heal
Why seek a love that is simple, easy, or perfectWhen we can have a love that is so much more?
Radu Florin
