What Love Feels Like to Me
what is love?
i’ve begun to realize that it is more abstract than i thought, it is more beautiful, more fluid, more
we were taught that love means butterflies, fireworks, kisses, and making more love
but i don’t think it fits the type of love i’m feeling
love can be waking them up to surprise them, organizing a birthday party, ice cream and taking them places they never went to, or associating memories with the DC and Marvel fandom
love is abstract
love is strong, and trust, and possibilities
love is staying awake when they need you,
love is ditching your dick appointment to take care of them,
love is forgiving
love is amplifying your small voice, love is fighting the fights you aren’t strong enough to take on yourself,
love is alcohol and cigarettes and lights out on the roof while dancing to BTS and Florence + The Machine
love is caring for yourself, love is playing board games or trying not to be caught that you are staying up late, love is watching anime,
love is quitting something bad, love is living,
love is letting go of someone because you want them to be happy, love is remembering their favorite lines from How I Met Your Mother despite hating the series,
love is taking away your pain, even for just 1%, or 0.00001%,
love is clear standards and boundaries, love is opening up my heart for the chance of more love,
love is waiting at the finish line because you know they’d reach it, no matter how long
love is warm and kind and natural and inherent
love is not just one thing
romantic, schmantics,
love is love
any kind of love
what is love to you?
