Nichole Johnson: A Million Reasons

 

Diverse connotations of love.

There are a million reasons.

Communication is key,

No arbitrary remarks; complete loyalty

There are a million reasons.

Trust is a must, but how is this so

When rules and regulations force the way you go

There are a million reasons

Claiming to the legacy to love until you die;

A silent chokehold that will not let your true feelings by

There's a million reasons

Serving each other as a responsibility

Another must be my priority

 

But not me?

What happened to the millions of things that I could be?

Trusting that you would respect my choices,

Retain your loyalty

There are a million reasons.

My passion runs dry

As I hold onto what was and secretly cry

I keep on a mask of who you want me to be.

Is that love?

Or is you changing me; controlling me?

 

Love is patient.

Love is kind.

Love is caring.

Love is mine.

It's no commonwealth: the good for the community;

But it is accepting those differences that make the individual.

Not breaking them down to make them new.

I'm at not perfect and most importantly not you.

If I had a million reasons to love

I would be a hypocrite,

For my love would not be for you

But for my benefit.

 

There are a million ways that love can be

In its true essence, it can be anything,

But to love inconveniently is key

If you were just you, and I just me

Both of our differences would serve one common theme:

The true love that keeps this a healthy relationship of

You. Me.