love isn’t holding hands everywhere you go
or roses every February 14th
it’s not kisses that last for hours
or making love every single night
love is not - never disagreeing
or having a fight
love isn’t a fairytale in real life
or else there would never be such a thing
as fairytales
love is surviving each other
it’s overcoming the difficulties
and climbing every mountain
and at the end of the day collapsing
from exhaustion
it’s kids yelling and screaming
and jumping on the bed at 4am
because it’s Christmas morning
love is fighting with passion
the same passion as the loving
love is the makeup sex after you fight
the love making that takes 5 minutes not 5 hours
love is knowing love is not a fairytale
and still wanting it to be
but still staying everyday when it’s not
love is you and i and our kids
on a good day
love is you and the kids
with me on the couch on the bad days
love is comfortable
love is life
real life
not
fairytale dreams