I should have
taken the time
to figure out
what I really wanted
before I took
what was there
I would have
waited for you
my one true love
we would be together
and I would know
happiness
I could have
believed in love
the kind that lives
in fairytales and dreams
and in my heart
that I broke
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Love this… speaks to me
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Thank you so much!
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I suspect this is not an unusual sentiment. 😕
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I imagine the same.
I think I’ll always be angry and bitter toward everyone who ever told me the fantasy isn’t real… love like that is only in movies and on tv… there is no fairytale. Because I should have held out for it. I’m not talking Cinderella-level fairytale… but, you know, closer to the dream.
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It is, in fact, possible. But not the norm, I’m afraid. And even the fairytale has its flaws. Believe me. 😏
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Well, I know. But holding out for something closer to that… yeah. I’m not saying I’d ever expect anything to be perfect… Always flaws… but on a scale of crap (1) to perfect (10), I think I’m at a 5… -ish. Should have aimed higher… not sooner.
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I like that last sentence. That’s a perfect way to put it.
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I was thinking the same thing. That line should have been in the poem. Damn! 😀 Sometimes my brain spits out the right words when I’m not even trying. Actually, that’s usually when the right words come…
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You should carry a pocket full of post-it’s and jot that shit down! 😃
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I do… well, pretty much. I have an app for that. And paper and pen by the bed. The only problem is the shower… where lots of great thoughts are born… and where they die since my memory sucks… 🙂
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Are you kidding? I’m lucky to remember my own name. You know, is it 4:20 yet? 😉
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Yeah… I know. Wait. Who the hell are you? 😛
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I can’t remember. Pass to the left, please. Whoever you are. 🤔
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Ha! 😀
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Thank you for this. It spoke to me on many levels.
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Oh, thank you! So sweet of you to say that.
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Beautifully written but also sad.
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Thanks so much!
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I very much relate to the first part. One should know first what one needs. Unfortunately we are too impatient sometimes
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Yes… we need to know before we rush into anything…
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