Never let go

I used to think love was a funny thing
But here I am writing a poem about it
I mean who am I to write a poem about love
I don’t know much
Or anything at all
But I do know that I’m in love
I don’t know how I do
But I do
They say first love doesn’t last
But I have a feeling it does
I used to think that being in love meant you were always happy
But trust me that’s not true
It’s messy and twisted and complicated
But it’s also kind of incredible
It feels like someone gave you this big present and you have it but you don’t know what to do with it
You just kind of hold it
That’s what love is like
It makes you feel things you’ve never felt
It makes you cry happy tears and sad tears and happy sad tears
It makes you crack up and smile so much your mouth hurts
It makes your whole being ache
It makes your world turn upside down
And for some reason you can’t turn it right side up
I used to think it was silly
That I could never love someone
And that someone could never love me
But now I know that love isn’t what you read in books
Or watch in movies
It’s your own
You can’t control it
But it’s yours
That present you keep holding on to
And sometimes you never let go

AthenaDragon24

MA

16 years old

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