False
3909;
Score | 3
In Literature, Writing and Blogging 3 min read
BETWEEN I DO AND I ENDURE
<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Pride:</p><p>I said I do.</p><p>And the world… cracked open like a river.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pause</p><p><br/></p><p>Sunlight spilled on still water.</p><p>I thought it would stay.</p><p>I thought you would stay.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>But storms came.</p><p>Wind tore through our branches.</p><p>And your absence… pressed deeper than rain.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ego:</p><p>I said I do too.</p><p>But my yes… weighed like stones in my chest.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pause</p><p><br/></p><p>I wanted to protect you.</p><p>I wanted to carry both our dreams.</p><p>But my arms trembled.</p><p>I could not lift the weight.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pride:</p><p>I feared saying yes</p><p>would chain me to pain.</p><p>I feared failing you.</p><p>I feared failing myself.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ego:</p><p>I feared holding you too tight</p><p>would drown us both.</p><p>I feared my love…</p><p>would not match the fire you carried.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pause</p><p><br/></p><p>Pride:</p><p>Love is not always soft.</p><p>It can burn.</p><p>It can crash.</p><p>It can tear… and mend… at the same time.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ego:</p><p>I endure.</p><p>Even when fear whispers.</p><p>Even when pride pulls me away.</p><p>Even when life bends me low.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pause</p><p><br/></p><p>I endure… because you chose me.</p><p>Because I chose you.</p><p>Because together… we are stronger…</p><p>Than storms… stronger than distance…</p><p>Stronger than ourselves.</p><p><br/></p><p>Together:</p><p>Between I do… and I endure…</p><p>There is a river of days.</p><p>A wind of nights.</p><p>Sometimes calm… sometimes violent.</p><p><br/></p><p>We navigate it… hand in hand.</p><p>Heart to heart.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pride:</p><p>We stumble.</p><p>We apologize.</p><p>We forgive.</p><p>We learn love is a tide.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ego:</p><p>Endurance… is the current.</p><p>Sometimes carrying us into light.</p><p>Into laughter.</p><p>Into moments… where no storm reaches.</p><p><br/></p><p>Together:</p><p>We breathe together.</p><p>We speak together.</p><p>We endure together.</p><p><br/></p><p>The vows we whispered…</p><p>grow stronger.</p><p>Not because they were perfect.</p><p>Because we survived.</p><p>Because we returned.</p><p>Because we chose… again.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pause</p><p><br/></p><p>We hold each other.</p><p>We whisper.</p><p>I do…</p><p>And I endure.</p><p><br/></p><p>And in those words…</p><p>We find home.</p><p>We find courage.</p><p>We find love.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>

|
😊 Love this? 💕 Show appreciation with a like, comment, share or a Tip! 👏💸

Other insights from Muhammad Mercurial

Referral Earning

Points-to-Coupons


Insights for you.
What is TwoCents? ×