When you first start dating
All the imperfections and pet peeves
Fly right out the proverbial window
You don't notice the way they
Chew with their mouth open or
Leave their tooth brushes by the sink
You don't notice how bad their oral hygiene is
And you convince yourself the
Loud snores they make while you
Lay wide awake are endearing
What you really don't notice is
How short tempered they can be
And how they can snap at you for simply
Pointing out the clothes on the floor
Or how they don't communicate
Their problems well
How they are flighty and accidentally
Interrupt conversations
And you certainly don't notice how
Unknowingly demeaning they can be
Towards you at times
How they can make you feel insignificant and
Minuscule when they never meant to
But now I am seeing all these imperfections
Flaws found like a scratch lottery ticket
Each day scrapes off something new for
Me to win
Like the way they leave the tooth paste
On the counter
Or leave the gas on empty for me to fill
And each new day brings to light
My own imperfections
The way my room is a mess till midnight
When I go through a mania period
Or that I whisper during movies
Letting slip what I think the possible
Endings could be
That I can hold a grudge like no other
How do relationships function
With all these imperfections?
Why would you deal with someone
Who is so imperfect?
That’s the thing though
You aren’t “dealing” with that person
And if in some way you are then
You shouldn’t be in a relationship
You do not deal with love
You accept love
Talk to love
Try to help love
Your end goal is not to change and
Morph love into something
Unrecognizable
No, your end goal is to
Grow together and talk things out
To never stop growing together
To be there for each other
And to be honest with love
Not to hide how you feel about
The constant chaos of the clothes
And the toothpaste leaking out of the tube
Do not hide from love
Or you will lose it
Jan 8, 2015
Jan 8, 2015 at 12:35 PM UTC
When you first start dating
All the imperfections and pet peeves
Fly right out the proverbial window
You don't notice the way they
Chew with their mouth open or
Leave their tooth brushes by the sink
You don't notice how bad their oral hygiene is
And you convince yourself the
Loud snores they make while you
Lay wide awake are endearing
What you really don't notice is
How short tempered they can be
And how they can snap at you for simply
Pointing out the clothes on the floor
Or how they don't communicate
Their problems well
How they are flighty and accidentally
Interrupt conversations
And you certainly don't notice how
Unknowingly demeaning they can be
Towards you at times
How they can make you feel insignificant and
Minuscule when they never meant to
But now I am seeing all these imperfections
Flaws found like a scratch lottery ticket
Each day scrapes off something new for
Me to win
Like the way they leave the tooth paste
On the counter
Or leave the gas on empty for me to fill
And each new day brings to light
My own imperfections
The way my room is a mess till midnight
When I go through a mania period
Or that I whisper during movies
Letting slip what I think the possible
Endings could be
That I can hold a grudge like no other
How do relationships function
With all these imperfections?
Why would you deal with someone
Who is so imperfect?
That’s the thing though
You aren’t “dealing” with that person
And if in some way you are then
You shouldn’t be in a relationship
You do not deal with love
You accept love
Talk to love
Try to help love
Your end goal is not to change and
Morph love into something
Unrecognizable
No, your end goal is to
Grow together and talk things out
To never stop growing together
To be there for each other
And to be honest with love
Not to hide how you feel about
The constant chaos of the clothes
And the toothpaste leaking out of the tube
Do not hide from love
Or you will lose it
