Love is not what it seems

It still haunts me

My foolishness

How fool I was to not have known that it was the last time I was gonna see you

How fool I was to not have seen the signs that you were slowly slipping away

How fool I was to not have known what to say the time something needed to be said

How fool I was to have thought that we would last and everything would be okay

It still haunts me

My naivety

How naive I was to have believed in true love

How naive I was to have fallen for the lies they’ve promised us in rom-coms and books

How naive I was to not have known better than to believe that you’d fight for me

How naive I was to have fallen for the way you glanced at me

But you can’t blame a hopeless romantic

I’m only a girl with fantasies and dreams bigger than me

Much of which are now

Shattered

Crushed

Dead

As a I learned the hard truth

That to love is to waste your youth

On false promises and lies

That if you get too close

Love blinds you by its dazzling light

But from afar you realize

Love is but a fleeting sight