And then one day I just loved you I looked at you and it all came together I saw us as old people having made it through so many trials but still holding on It was the first time I had ever looked at a man and saw the future version of him all old hairy wrinkly and fat and LOVED him I knew this old man had hurt me probably had an affair or two but I still loved him I knew that we had suffered major grief maybe there was a child lost but I still loved him We had survived babies mortgages and putting kids through college We probably both had times where we were so distant from each other that hope was momentarily lost but I still loved him I saw this old man and all his imperfections and me old with all my imperfections and I still loved us And that is love To know that this person will deeply hurt you and you will deeply hurt them and you see yourself loving them through it all Even after you get bored with the *** and you or they get fat lose hair or manufacture an abundance of nose hair you still want them at your side through thick and thin That is love.
Coming of age, to grow and one day realize that love is not perfect, like everything in the this world, it has it's flaws. But it is worth it. Don't give up on love. Because if you do you give up on yourself. Let your heart be broken and then let it heal. Then repeat. Love again, and again, and again. And one day true love will reveal itself to you, and you will be ready to accept it when you find it. And then every heartbreak will be worth it, every tear cried, every embrassing moment, every hurtful word, every horrendous act, every lie, every thing... it is what brought you to the place where love can be found. So embrace your broken heart, embrace your struggle, so one day you can embrace love.