Falling For Reality

When my walls came down,

When I unclenched my heart,

Letting it free.

That was the day

I fell, hard.

It was also the day, you captured my heart.

 

Running from your home

That beautiful beautiful house

That had been my safe haven,

Now closed and locked,

Keeping me out.

All my mistakes, my misgivings,

Crashing down upon me.

Burying me in sorrow.

 

Eyes blurred, lungs stinging,

Doing everything and anything to escape

The pain of your rejection.

Running through the streets,

Sprinting down the sidewalk,

Dodging passersby

Wondering what I did wrong.

That was the day

You dropped my heart,

Crushing it, destroying it.

It was the day I fell

With no one to catch me.

 

Running up the pier

With you in tow behind

The date you planned

Hoping for forgiveness

Rebuilding my trust.

I refused to let go of the past

Of the pain you caused.

Even if I know that

In truth, my love for you has changed.

It has not lessened as I had hoped,

But grown in strength with each passing day.

 

So now,

Here we are

Me laughing loudly in excitement

Looking curiously at my surroundings,

Peeking behind,

To see you staring at me,

With a small smile donning your face,

with a familiar glint in your eyes,

the sparkle of love.

 

You wonder,

How it is possible

After the pain you caused,

After the tears I shed,

I could still smile as if

All the misfortunes that befell me

Has not occurred and

As if my heart was never scarred.

But you don’t know

How the feeling of love,

Can rebuild trust,

Wipe away tears,

Fill in gaps.

 

Accepting the differences,

Working through the problems,

We see the good in the bad,

The beauty in the ugly.

Complimenting each other.

 

Even though I’m not perfect, and you’re not perfect,

I know we can still get through anything,

Overcoming the daily obstacles

And experiencing the little joys in life,

Because I have fallen,

Not for prince charming,

Not for a knight in shining armor.

But for reality.