May 2017
I was always out of breath
for gazing at such beautiful things
and for chasing after them.
Running after them
felt like cardio,
a routine
to keep my heart capable
of loving
and enduring.
But I guess I was wrong.
Because
Love isn't something
that one needs to prepare for.
Love is something
that catches you off guard,
making you stumble
no matter how much
you've practiced to balance.
So maybe I've been running
after
the wrong things
and
the wrong people.
*Maybe I have yet
to fall
and plummet
in love.
for gazing at such beautiful things
and for chasing after them.
Running after them
felt like cardio,
a routine
to keep my heart capable
of loving
and enduring.
But I guess I was wrong.
Because
Love isn't something
that one needs to prepare for.
Love is something
that catches you off guard,
making you stumble
no matter how much
you've practiced to balance.
So maybe I've been running
after
the wrong things
and
the wrong people.
*Maybe I have yet
to fall
and plummet
in love.
I really loved watching How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM). There's this one ep where Victoria mentions that in Germany, there's a word for something that seems like what you're looking for, but not quite so. And the word is 'beinaheleidenschaftsgegenstand', and I used it for my title. However since it's so lengthy, i substituted a few of the letters with ellipsis, basically to add to aesthetics.
