Just You

Every girl wants a fairy tale romance.
A knight in shining armour,
To rescue her from loneliness.
To know there's just no chance
He could ever walk away from her
Without life being meaningless

It all seems so simple in the stories.
Boy meets girl, falls in love
They live happily ever after.
No mention of pain, or pleas,
Of never being enough,
The tears and tantrums and anger

Sometimes I hate you so much
I want to cut you out of my heart
And burn it in a blinding rage.
To slap away your hesitant touch,
Tell myself I'm too smart
I'm just on a later page

But then other times I can't breathe.
So overcome by my feelings,
Intense, powerful, and I see
That I know I could never leave.
To sacrifice what knowing you brings
Would be enough to destroy me

And that's when I realise the truth,
That when I consider our chances
And the problems are off the scale,
My love is real and unadulterated proof
That under no circumstances
Would I swap you, for a fairy tale