"Stop Playing Games"

I see seemingly healthy relationships all around me

Love birds sitting under the mistletoe

Couples hiding in the hallways

I think how I wish it was me

Until I get an insight

The secrets of their relationships

"If you really loved me.." he says

"Stop playing games" he says

"Sex means you love me" he says

Wait, I don't want this.

I want real love, what is this?

What is this lie?

I'm confused.

A healthy relationship

...

Doesn't that mean friends too?

My parents too?

Just love in general

Bonding in general

Laughs, hugs, and food.

It's not purely sexual right?

I thought this was..

Obvious?

I look at my life and see joy

Not misery.

I see my smiling mother,

Not another lame adult.

I see my friends,

Not troublemakers.

I see that there is more to a relationship,

Besides a boy and a girl.

There's happiness elsewhere.

I see me.