This version of you is simply more real

The beauty of liking someone when you first meet them is in the magic that you create in fantasizing about who they are in your mind and believing it to be true- instead of seeing them as they really are.

That’s why most dreams fade because the expectations of one’s reality rarely match the reality of the person. At least, that’s how it’s been for me for most of my life.

When we first met, you were exactly what my teenage dreams were made of. You reminded me of the magic I believed in when I was little before I experienced what it’s really like to have my heart broken; before I even knew my heart could break.

Here’s the truth about heartbreak- you can only go two ways after you experience one. You can either grow cold and bitter, stop having faith, and treat people like disposable beings because someone treated you like one. Otherwise, you can learn from the pain and promise yourself that you’ll never be the cause of someone else’s pain because no one understands it better than you and you know how much it hurts.

We’ve both had our hearts broken in the past and we’ve seen each other’s scars. They add a perfect mark of imperfection in our lives reminding us that maybe we were too naïve but there was a time when we believed in the good. But the truth is, there is still so much good left in the world.