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The Way I Love

To love someone

Is to love them

For who they truly are.

 

To love everything —

Every small detail,

Every quiet piece of them.

 

To know them —

Their favorite color,

Their favorite flower,

The way to make them laugh

When they are sad,

How to calm the storm

Inside their chest.

 

To be their support,

To give them

All of you.

 

Love is not just

Saying -I love you-.

It is showing it,

Proving it

In the smallest things.

Listening —

Really listening.

 

It’s knowing someone

Beyond the surface,

Beyond the glances,

Beyond the silence

Between words.

 

I loved someone once

Like this

For many years.

At least, I thought I did.

 

But maybe

It was never strong enough,

Or never real enough

To last.

 

I never thought

I could fall for someone else.

 

And that changed me.

A lot.

 

But I guess…

Maybe it was worth it.

 

And sometimes

You need time

To understand

What you truly want.

 

And now

I finally do.

 

And still —

I’m not closed.

 

I’m ready

To love again.

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Written by
Mateja
29 / F / Croatia / Germany
Published
Apr 1
Lines·Words
52·176
Notes

It took me a long time to write this poem.

It needed the right words and maybe the right moment, too.

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