True
Score | 593
In Literature, Writing and Blogging • 2 min read •
Icarus
<p>Everyone wants to fall in love. Right?</p><p>Well, not me.</p><p>I've always been afraid of both heights and depths.</p><p>The risk of climbing.</p><p>The risk of falling.</p><p>The risk of hurting.</p><p>The risk of trusting.</p><p>Because the higher you climb, the farther you have to fall.</p><p>And the deeper you go, the harder it is to find your way back.</p><p>Don't get me wrong. I'm a sweetheart.</p><p>I daydream from time to time. I have my little fantasies too.</p><p>But I think I'm simply too serious for love.</p><p>I will not climb just to fall for the adrenaline.</p><p>If I ever take the leap, it has to mean something.</p><p>It's either completely—or not at all.</p><p>But then you realize something:</p><p>Love is not enough.</p><p>Not enough to make you look past poverty.</p><p>Not enough to make you look past narcissism.</p><p>Not enough to make you look past abuse.</p><p>Not enough to make you excuse the things that should never be excused.</p><p>Because sometimes, loving someone does not make them good for you.</p><p>And sometimes, the hardest part isn't admitting that you love them.</p><p>It's admitting that love isn't a good enough reason to stay.</p><p>"I love you" should be more than words.</p><p>It should be in how you remember the little things.</p><p>In how you listen.</p><p>In how you handle disagreements.</p><p>In how you work through problems together instead of making each other the problem.</p><p>I should know that you love me before you ever have to tell me.</p><p>I should feel it in the way you show up.</p><p>In the way you choose me, even when choosing me requires effort.</p><p>In the way love is not just something you say when everything is easy, but something you practice when it isn't.</p><p>Perhaps that is the kind of love that would make me take the risk.</p><p>The kind that makes falling feel less like a tragedy and more like flying.</p><p>The kind that would make me climb willingly,</p><p>knowing there is no guarantee I won't fall.</p><p>And maybe, just maybe—</p><p>I'd fall with a smile on my face.</p><p><br/></p><p>Like Icarus.</p>

|
Engage, engage engage
22
views 41
comments icon on TwoCents 20 share

Precious has 3 badges
badge
badge
badge
Learn more about badges

Other insights from Cielo ⚜️

Contributor Points

Points-to-Coupons

Referral Earning


Insights for you.
What is TwoCents? ×