Sans Love, With Love.
I read a book.
Then waited till midnight for the prettily-dressed fairy godmother and my Prince Charming.
Gave up at some moment, and fell asleep. Sans glass shoe, sans love.
I read another book.
Then waited again for a forgotten best friend who'd moved away when we were kids to return and make me fall in love.
Gave up at some moment, and fell asleep. Sans matching bracelets, sans love.
I read yet another book.
Then waited once more for the 'Prom King of highschool' to show up and shower me with praise and tell me that I'd been his crush since middle school.
Gave up at some moment, and fell asleep. Sans his captain's jersey, sans love.
I read a book again.
Then waited for the 365 letters to show up at my gate, from a long-lost summer romance who loved me like I was the World.
Gave up at some moment, and fell asleep. Sans the engagement ring, sans love.
I read one last book.
Then waited to bump into my soulmate (in the middle of my bedroom at midnight) and fall in love at first sight and live happily ever after.
Gave up at some moment, and fell asleep. Sans him next to me, sans love.
Then I gave up.
"No more romances for me."
Headed off to Crossword for a fantasy action thriller.
Which is where I met...uh..."thee".
And while you weren't all of those fairytale princes or heroes.
You were exactly, (I'm not even kidding), perfect for me.
Because Prince Charming and Ryan Gosling exist in words and on film.
But where was I to discover another "thee"?
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With a smile on my face, with simple and sweet words, with a pencil on a sheet, and with love.