These tricks don’t work anymore

We could’ve slow danced in the kitchen at 2am, but now I want to pursue dreams by myself.

The night air is cool.
Cooler then it’s been in months.
I’m coming to the startling realization
I’m falling out of love
With love and you.
You claim to be happy.
Then be happy.
I wanted that for you,
But happiness shouldn’t come at a price of sanity.
Happiness, like love, should be easy,
Effortless.
Calm.
With people who know you better then you know yourself and make you your most comfortable.
Your most you.
We’re falling into the routine;
But now I don’t think I still love you.
In fact, I think I’m over you.
I’m happy for you,
But i don’t love you.
That will be the biggest thing you lose, and the only thing you may never get back.
My love is one of a kind, simple and loyal
All the things you couldn’t be when you had the chance.
It’s ok.
It’s ok.
I accepted your apology.
I don’t regret that.
I do regret the time I spent with these feelings I had toward you.
I much prefer to be alone now.

Reviews

[Relic]

Disappointment is like discovering mud in what you thought was a blue lagoon.

[Alessander]

"But happiness shouldn’t come at a price of sanity"

Very true line. A lot of times love, happiness, is portrayed as wild, chaotic, exhilarating, but usually that time of 'happiness" is short-lived and crashes hard.

"Happiness, like love, should be easy,
Effortless.
Calm"

This actually reminds me of what Keats says about poetry, that it should come as easily as a leaf off a tree.

Not necessarily that it's easy, but that it's not a death match to attain lol

"In fact, I think I’m over you.
I’m happy for you,"

This has a sober realization and acceptance.

It's not easy to let go. We have all these warm fuzzy memories of dinners, beaches and wine...sometimes we cling to those more than the reality.

This is the dreaded Dear John letter no man wants to get, but it seems deserved.

Being alone isn't so bad anyways - well, at least in spurts lol

Enjoyed this piece.

Raw and forthright.

[Chris]

We don't choose whom we love - just whom we like. We often don't choose the letting go either - but catching a breath afterwards can really, really be hard for awhile.