What It Is

I remember the "because I love you"'s 

The need to be more to please you

The idea that all my love was not enough

The times I forgave you when I shouldn't have

The nights I went back to you when everyone told me not to 

I know now that was not love

The need to self-love before loving someone else 

The idea that you deserve all my love

The times we talk about anything and everything with no hesitation 

The nights my cheeks are sore from smiling so hard

This is love 

 Love is much more kind