as a society, we value romantic relationships so much that we tend to overlook other forms of love (familial, platonic) so much emphasis is placed in finding your "true love" that we neglect the meaningful bonds we form with others that aren't our romantic interests. the mentality of “i will never find a gf/bf” can be damaging because it may distort our perception of others who cherish us and makes us value them less, as we tend to continuously seek the feeling of love from a potential romantic partner
this causes fear and unsteadiness as we are scared to damage what is there
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you didn’t break my heart
the idea of you did
whose fault is it?
only mine
i knew it would
end like this
still
i chose to fantasise
about what we could be
instead of listening and
letting you
go
i wanted the pain
later
rather than
now