Happily Ever After

I thought life was going to be

Like a Disney movie.

Not that I, or some prince,

Would have to fight an evil being;

More that I would get married and live

Happily ever after.

Then it comes to people actually dating.

I’m confused.

Why are people doing this?

We’re in middle school!

Do they hate themselves?

Now we’re in the human growth

And development unit. The teacher keeps

Talking about all these feelings we’re supposed to have.

And I’m lost.

Am I the only one who has

No idea what she’s talking about?

That’s when I learn a word.

Asexual.

People who have

No sexual attraction.

I know I’m fourteen but

I start to cry. I have never felt

Less alone in my life. I have

Found a home. A community.

Then other words show up.

Aromantic.

People who have

No romantic attraction.

That’s not me,

Because at this point

I’ve had one crush.

Everyone around me seems to fall in

Love in two days.

It took me months to even start liking this person!

Then I see words like aromantic.

Demiromantic.

A person who only

Experiences romantic attraction

After an emotional bond has been created.

That defines me to a T!

A couple years later I get another crush.

This time it’s a girl.

Can you be bi on top of all of these labels?

It turns out you can.

Your identity can be as complex as you are.

Now I don’t want a Disney movie life.

I love Disney, don’t get me wrong,

But I have an independent idea for my life.

Maybe I won’t get married, however,

I have no doubt that because I know myself

My happily ever after will come.