Getting it Right is Getting it Wrong

Love

It’s not perfect, because I’m not perfect

But I know what it isn’t-

Abandonment, cruelty, verbal abuse

Manipulation or just a lack of communication,

Causing me to think for hours on end about what I did wrong.

It hurts to think of you not being here

But the pain is worse when you are

So that’s not love.

Love

I finally find a soul that laughs with me, and not at me.

I make a mistake

They tell me how I can do better.

We started as an imperfect match with a passion to be together

Yet slowly, we’re mending ourselves into a better puzzle piece.

I have to learn how to say their actions hurt me

But the more open we are about our feelings, the more attuned we become

So love isn’t getting it right,

It’s the willpower to change when you get it wrong.