30/07/2023
One of my longest writings. Wrote this because it's something very important that I learned and discovered about my personal development.
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Title: Falling out of Love
I never really understood
or knew how it looked
to love or to be loved
But naturally, I wanted something close to it
I wondered to myself
If love looked like my mother
gently slipping one shoe at a time
onto my father's foot before he left for work
I wondered if love looked like the rice ball
mixed with boiled chicken
in mother's hand as she placed it in my mouth
Or, was it love when she braided my hair
I also wondered if love looked like the
small, purple plushy that dad brought home
in the middle of the night
and placed it by my bed side
Did love also look like the redness on his face
when he slashed an orange scissor onto my back
and when I bled, it still didn't stop him
but they said he did it only cause he loves me
Could I find love through exchanging messages
with other boys on the internet
Was it the attention?
Was that some sort of infatuation?
When I did get into relationships
I had times where I laughed, but
most of those memories were
filled with a sad, sad loneliness
Still, the temporary attention had me craving
and I somehow got lost in the chasing
I was desperate to feel love
in a way that wouldn't hurt
Many years later, I grew older
I had been through all the phases
from infatuation, to arguments, to break ups
At least I thought I went through it all
'Till my current one
In this one, we never got to be infatuated
Our relationship didn't have a beautiful start
Ended up crying and pushing one another away
'Cause so many were against it
But somehow, we stayed together
We both understood too well
How it felt to not be loved
and especially, abandoned
And in our darkest times
We grew closer together
then we became distant
then we became close again
Like a push and pull kinda game
Then came that day when
all of the remaining excitement
were no longer present and
we forgot how we used to love and care for one another
We only cared about ourselves
more than we did for each other
An endless feeling of waking up
to constant irritations and arguments
Constant blames and constant guilt
Couldn't feel the love inside our hearts anymore
So we stopped making time
to be with each other as we did before
I thought that we were so deeply in love
at one point
Of course we were... if we went through
all of that past together
So why...
Why are we split in the same room
Why don't we ask as often anymore
"Have you eaten? Are you okay? Would you like to?"
I used to tell you everyday
How beautiful you are and
You'd say the same to me too
Now... cuss words and anger are all we know
I thought we had the love of a fairytale
People looked at us at one point
genuinely thinking we were the loveliest
I thought I finally knew what love was
Then suddenly, it no longer felt like
something that would last forever
But...
....But....
I learned that love wasn't always pretty
The way the world painted it
in front of our eyes
We thought it had to look exactly that way
But love fluctuates
Especially when you grow too close
for such a long period of time
Some of us lose sight of what love is
Love is a bond
You learn to express your feelings
You learn to say thank you and
You learn how to say sorry
Love is something that can fall apart
and it takes two strong, willing hearts
to want it badly enough
or else it will break away
Love teaches growth
Love teaches respect
Love teaches safety
Love with your heart
and not with your fist
Not with your grudges
and not with your negligence
I've come to learn
that families and friends
Sometimes, they don't know how to love
Sometimes, they don't stay
Sometimes, you find love elsewhere
and sometimes, you don't need it
in order to be happy
but most importantly
I learned that you could love yourself
You can fall out of love and fall back into it
I learned that love had no definitions
such as how the world presented it to me
I also learned too
that when someone hits you
it doesn't mean they love you
So I ask that in your journey to understand love
You will try your hardest
to learn how to differentiate
between love and abuse
between worthwhile and manipulation