Unlearning Love
"I Know All Her Faults, And I Can Live With That"- A Man In Love
The problem with most people
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is imagining love is the easy road
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We were taught how to love
in all the wrong ways
To look for love
in all the wrong places
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We were taught swiping right
defines if someone is worth your time
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We were taught to undervalue reality
& glorify shiny, beautiful, plastic things
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We were told that relationships absent in arguments are the most healthy
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In reality
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Only the ego allows swiping away at contenders
The soul doesn't have an app for love's contentment
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Reality is a treasure
Hold on to it if you ever get a taste
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Most people will only give you Splenda love
Sometimes it takes years to feel
the sickly sweet cancer they injected in your veins
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A real one will give you honey
to sweeten the sour taste of lemonade
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Unwavering agreement is codependency
Arguments are a channel for growth
if you let them be
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Perfection is an illusion
Pride will tarnish the purest
soul connection
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Love is acceptance
of the good, the bad, and the mediocrity
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Love encourages us to grow in ways
we may have rejected previously
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Love isn't easy
nor is it hard
It just takes courage
to accept people as they are
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Their beauty
their ugliness
their glow
their scars
About the Creator
Sarah Jane
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