#BecauseILoveYou poem for scholarship

‘I love you', the first time you hear those words in any relationship, whether it is friendship or your lover, they hit like a ton of bricks, it feels like your heart skipped a million beats, those are some of the strongest words we can ever say to another human being. Those words get handed out like animal crackers at recess now, we use them against the person we truly love because of our own insecurities, we are scared to be alone, we are scared to be left behind. Once we attach ourselves to someone that makes us feel good we bring them down, " because I love you i want you to give me your phone so I can check it." This isn't trust, this isn't love. Love is profound, it is respect, it is communication and trust. Love is not just a word but a feeling. That feeling you get in your chest when you see that person you love, the feeling in your gut when you hold their hand or kiss them. That is love, love is trusting the person you are with and that loves you back that they won't cheat on you or do anything to hurt your feelings, love is having the communication with your friend or lover about what is going on and how they are feeling and just listening to them when they need it or being the shoulder to cry on when they had a bad day and the hug they need when they failed a test or were fired for their job. Love is respecting that person's privacy but being there when they need you.  We use the word love a little to loosely now, we say it to get what we want, whether it be sex, money, possession of a human's life. Some people love the feeling of controlling every aspect of someone's life. A healthy relationship to me, is being open and comfortable with that person, like my fiance, we work well separately but even better together, we have grown as individuals and as a couple, but we respect the person's changes, because whatever I wanted to do that made me happy , then he was happy that I was, and vice verse. I've had unhealthy relationships, one big one was my father, he was verbally abusive as a child to my brother, mother and me. I didn't truly love myself til I was 17 , because of him ,and I'm 20 now. That's the thing when we don't love ourselves how can we truly love others. Because I love you should really mean just that, because I love you I want you to be happy doing whatever you want and feel comfortable doing.

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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