The Rebirth of Admiration

I thought I knew what love was

Something fixed, rigid, stable

Something to lean on available constantly

Pressure creates fractures

Maybe my constant force is what has broken my past lovers

As soon as they are healed the move on

As if stopping for rest on a long journey

They have a destination in mind and I’ve always just along for the ride

Which was always fine in my mind

Until I met the man I can finally call mine

The definition of admiration is forever changed for me

Something to be adored should always loose its appeal

Unless everything about that thing is captivatingly real

In this love I am secure in uncertainty

Which has never been a common occurrence in my existence

I am with him for his greatness and his faults

I fixate on neither

For everything he is, is all I ever wanted

To care and be taken care of is the definition of my love

And I am forever grateful for this lesson