Score |
78
Six Months to a "Yes"
<p><br/></p><p>Love didn’t arrive loud for me—</p><p>it came like a quiet knock I almost missed.</p><p>She stood there, soft-spoken,</p><p>and I stood there, overthinking everything.</p><p>We were shy in the beginning,</p><p>two people circling something fragile,</p><p>speaking in half-sentences,</p><p>laughing at things that weren’t really jokes</p><p>just to fill the silence.</p><p>I waited.</p><p>Not days. Not weeks.</p><p>Six whole months of maybe, of almost,</p><p>of “let’s see where this goes.”</p><p>And I stayed—</p><p>not because I had nothing better,</p><p>but because something in me already knew</p><p>she was worth the patience.</p><p>When the “yes” finally came,</p><p>it didn’t feel like a moment—</p><p>it felt like a reward.</p><p>But I won’t lie,</p><p>I didn’t love perfectly.</p><p>I was there too much,</p><p>wanted her time like it was mine to claim,</p><p>held on too tightly</p><p>like love could slip through my fingers if I loosened my grip.</p><p>I was a little controlling,</p><p>a little too invested in every small thing—</p><p>a late reply, a change in tone,</p><p>the tiniest shift could shake me.</p><p>My emotions moved like waves,</p><p>rising and falling over things</p><p>that probably didn’t deserve that much power.</p><p>Still, I loved her—</p><p>deeply, loudly, in ways I didn’t yet understand.</p><p>I showed up, I cared hard,</p><p>I tried, even when I got it wrong.</p><p>And she—</p><p>she was patient in ways I didn’t earn,</p><p>soft where I was intense,</p><p>steady where I was unsure.</p><p>She loved me back.</p><p>Not loudly, but truly.</p><p>With care, with tolerance,</p><p>with a kind of calm that held us together</p><p>even when I didn’t know how to.</p><p>Looking back,</p><p>it wasn’t perfect love—</p><p>it was young, learning love.</p><p>But it was real.</p><p>And for the first time,</p><p>that was enough.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
|
138
Other insights from Emoshadow
Referral Earning
Points-to-Coupons
Insights for you.
Unhappy-ever-after
I hope you didn't mean itWhen you said you'd rather dieThan be the reason why I smileI ...
315 views
43 upvotes
25 comments
But you said you LOVED me!
I have to be honest, I picked up lots of my beliefs as regards how loving someone shoul...
1864 views
31 upvotes
28 comments
Three Stories: Two Truths and A Lie
[NARRATOR (JOHN OYINLOYE)]: Let me speak.. wait!Waiting…Waiting for the perfect moment ...
227 views
33 upvotes
25 comments
The letter before V
It was a sunny afternoon,But he was the heat I felt in the room,And my eyes didn't burn...
264 views
32 upvotes
23 comments
The man I couldn't have
Dear Diary,Today I dared to dreamOf feeling the warmth in a man's embrace,Sleeping peac...
234 views
35 upvotes
20 comments
Instead of replying with ''I KNOW..''...
When it comes to how we communicate, we so often default to habitual ways of replyi...
1571 views
22 upvotes
22 comments
Throes of Anguish, Ever so Silent
Loving you, I blindly gave you my heartDid all I could, yet you played us apartHave you...
303 views
34 upvotes
22 comments
My last letter to you
Were you here when I needed you?When mornings were my sleeping pills,When silence meant...
302 views
46 upvotes
14 comments
THE LOVE YOU CANNOT SOLVE
You wanted me so badly,but each time you came close—just a step away from reaching my h...
243 views
21 upvotes
22 comments
Late nights in the middle of June
Late nights in the middle of JuneAlways spelt doom for me.Images of us dancing Looming ...
276 views
47 upvotes
14 comments
Comments