Makes you wonder.
Sometimes the most difficult thing is watching as a girl wrecks herself over some self-absorbed “gentle”man and knowing that you could show her how it feels to be cherished. I think that sometimes, I see the beauty about ten times a day, and I can read the letters they write about wanting to be swept away but it does me no good to even to say, “I could show you.” I’m not assuming I’ve got chivalry on lock down, or that I’m the most handsome young brute (see what I did there?) but come on I know what it’s like to take a wonderful woman for granted and I’m just aching for the chance to prove it to that young lady out there.
You can memoir all you’d like, but perhaps you passed me by when you glanced across the room, perhaps I didn’t catch your eye in the darkness underneath the moon. Ok ok, it’s getting cheesy, it’s a shame I love cheese so much. What I’m trying to say is this, it’s not such a bad thing to keep your eyes open and it’s different for nearly everyone. “Well I stopped looking and she showed up.” Ok, so what do you say to the woman that met her now husband on a dating site? “You couldn’t possibly ‘know’ after one date” Tell my grandparents that, the ones that were together 55 + years until Papa passed away.
Don’t define what others can and can’t experience because you experienced it one way, it worked for you but it might not work for us all. Moving on, I have this occasional feeling that she’s “out of my league.” Ya, I’m guilty, and to be honest… assumptions never get us all too far. The more I think about it, I realize that if I’m going to be able to even approach “her” after I spot “her” I’d better be sure of something; myself for starters.
It’s fun, don’t make too serious nor turn it into a game. Something I remind myself often is she is as ready to be swept away as I am to swoop. Keep your heads up, and remember most importantly that love is a choice, make the right one.
