(poetry) by jessicaj Sat Mar 25 2017 at 14:59:30
  1. Previously I believed that love
  2. Either didn't exist or wasn't for me
  3. Sharing your body with another person
  4. Is a single facet of intimacy
  5. I knew I was in love with him
  6. The moment his happiness 
  7. And wellbeing became 
  8. Healthy and realistic goals of mine
  9. I did my thing, he did his
  10. Joys in his life lifted me
  11. His pain felt greater than my own
  12. I could give more than I took
  13. My perspective changed
  14. When I realized he needed distance
  15. I left him alone.
  16. Eventually I was able to let him go
  17. Because I was adding to his life
  18. By stepping away
  19. I started dating other guys
  20. But none of them were him.
  1. I wasn't looking for love
  2. The day I reconnected with someone I knew
  3. I was there for a legitimate reason
  4. His questions kept me there
  5. Longer than I would have stayed
  6. Since I was exhausted 
  7. Both physically and emotionally
  8. Meeting him made me want to change
  9. I had new motivation 
  10. A greater desire to take better care of me.
  1. We hugged when I was in Vegas
  2. I have a great deal of respect for him
  3. He's quiet, introverted, sensitive, intelligent
  4. I tried flirting with him
  5. He sent me the heart emoji
  6. After I confessed that he was my Twitter crush
  7. Now I feel incredibly guilty
  8. Because I love him. 
  9. I despise myself for using him
  10. To try and get over someone else.
  1. Wanting and loving someone
  2. Is different than needing them.
  3. If you're unsure
  4. Or can't figure out 
  5. Whether or not you're in love
  6. You're asking the wrong
  7. Questions???
  8. When you love someone
  9. There is no room for doubt.
  10. It isn't a feeling
  11. Although emotions are involved
  12. Their happiness becomes yours
  13. It's very hard to explain
  14. You will find yourself stepping outside
  15. And away from what you thought you wanted
  16. You'll still be you
  17. Your devotion will be obvious
  18. And you won't mind
  19. You'll lose yourself to another
  20. Only to find who you really were all along.
I like it! 3 C!s