How to Fall in Love in the Real World

Photo by&#160;<a href="https://unsplash.com/@azlanbaharudin?utm_source=unsplash&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_content=creditCopyText">Azlan Baharudin</a>&#160;on&#160;<a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/lover?utm_source=unsplash&#38;utm_medium=referral&#38;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a><br/><br/>My dear, it's not enough to pray for love,especially as she holds her lily handinto the void, with empty air above,below. Her eyes an hourglass of sand,the milliseconds passing. Answer her,the muted question heavy on her tongueno mystic declaration to infer;resolve the tension building in her lungs.<br/><br/>The minute doesn't call for passion now,no verbose declaration will suffice;nor are you being pressured for a vow,there's more to love than fictional device.<br/><br/>A subtle prayer, so delicate, this spell;from here the magic grows, if all is well.<br/><br/>&#8212;<br/><br/>I&#8217;m no expert on love. In fact, I spend most of my life trying to keep myself from falling in love&#8212;romantic and platonic&#8212;but, sometimes, it becomes painfully clear to me that people are trying too dang hard with their love.<br/><br/>I don&#8217;t know much about relationships, but I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re supposed to be as difficult as some people make them.<br/><br/>Or maybe I&#8217;m wrong. <br/><br/>Get full access to Sonnets &c. at <a href="https://zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast">zjppoetry.substack.com/subscribe</a>