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It's The Word "Because" That Throws You Off


 

Society isn’t like the movies anymore

 

We don’t see the guy miss his once in a lifetime opportunity to chase the love of his life getting on the plane flying thousands of miles away

 

We don’t see the running through the airport scene with the random support of the airport staff yelling “go get em child”

 

We don’t see the moment he finally gets to her about to walk on that plane, she turns around and says “Why? Why did you travel all this way"

 

And all he says is I did it Because I Love You

 

We just don’t get that anymore, but to be honest it's not like we ever did

 

In the real world we get

 

Women who are ending up with men who hit and yell because they wear a skirt that god forbid shows too much skin

And the only explanation behind the abuse is I hurt you Because I Love You

 

    It doesn't just stop there

 

Boys coming out of the closet to hateful moms and dads. They say  “this isn’t the real you, you’re not really gay” and then mom says “It’s just a phase, I'm telling you the truth Because I Love You”

 

If someone did something to you because they “really" loved you they shouldn’t have to explain why they did it out of love

 

“Because I Love You” should mean exactly how it sounds, how it’s pronounced and how it’s spelled

 

It’s just the word “because" that throws it off

 

Yet you should be with someone “because” you love them and everything about them

 

                 Telling them constantly that they are the king or queen of your universe

 

Making them believe in the beauty you already see inside and out

     Now that is a h.e.a.l.t.h.y relationship

 

So as a ending message to all the people in society who still don’t have a person to say “Because I love you” to

 

I love you so much

 
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