Love

~ Harlan Didrickson 

Love isn’t perfect 
I don’t think 
it was ever
meant to be
we made up
that little fairytale 
in the sandbox 
at the prom
or maybe when 
we played house 
love isn’t answers
either but questions 
like is he 
or am I 
and if we
are how long 
if I’ve learned 
anything that love 
is it’s that 
it’s a paradox 
and part conundrum 
attempted only by 
those who dare