10.22.24

My love,

would you still love me

if I was a failure? 

If I decided to give up

on all that I aspired 

and one day felt that

I was content not chasing

something bigger? 

If I decided I loved my home

the way it was -

that I didn’t want things to change anymore,

that I could give it all up

and live a peaceful life 

of nothing particularly

exciting,

but enjoying the warmth of the sun

on a summer day? 

Would you love me if I put

down my ambitions,

and went on long walks

with slow footsteps 

and nothing out of the

ordinary? 

Would you love me if I wasn’t

special - 

if I stopped trying to live one way,

because I enjoyed

living that of another?

Would you be disappointed

if I didn’t achieve my goals? 

Would I have failed you?

Would you still love me as

you do now?

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