| Love for the Realistic Romantic when I look at you, my heart does not necessarily do backflips or pound like the hooves of a galloping horse - now and then it flutters, but usually, looking at you warms my heart like stepping from the shade into the sun or walking past a crackling fireplace. when you say, "hey" to me with a smile and a nod, I am not struck speechless, nor do I feel as though I could fly - it cannot allow me to do the impossible, but in the morning, when you say, "hey" to me I feel significant, a necessary part of our world. when I breathe you in and smell your shampoo, my senses are not overwhelmed by your scent and my mind does not fill with memories of you (it does that all the time anyway), but whenever I smell your scent, I recall the warmth and contentment that comes from being near you. when I hear you singing an old, familiar song my mood does not instantly shift, but when you sing lyrics that I've come to love and melodies that I'd recognize anywhere (no matter how tunelessly you sing them) it reminds me that no one but you has ever known so many of my favorite songs. when I see you each day, I am not paralyzed in your presence, and I never blush while speaking to you, but when you talk about a song you love, or pull my shoelace just because you can, or steal one of my "smart pencils" for a quiz, I can't help feeling that you and I fit more perfectly than any romantic cliche. love poems anonymous |