Not Meant to Love Like That

I think about love often

I think about it in the moonlight

I think about how I cannot have it

My love is the calm flow of rivers

It is not the rushing waterfall

My love is embedded in pink skies and cloudy nights

It doesn't shine bright like the brazen sun

And in a world of grand gestures and even grander romances

I simply stare at the ground and sprouting dandelions

I pluck at spider webs and giggle

I learned how to love small acts and small critters

Perhaps, little things is all I have to love

I am no one's knight in shining armor

I am no one's ever-present thoughts and dreams

I'm just a faint echo of laughter

I'm a sweet memory

My love is not larger than life

I'm not meant to love like that

And that's okay

I'm meant to love little things

So that one day I can love all the little things about you

So that one day I can love all the little things about them

So that one day I can love all the little things about me

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-Himeros