Unrequited love is not an endless pit of despair

I am so tired of people telling me to move on because I deserve more, as if what I deserve is what I need. They speak as though the fact that it is unrequited causes pain that i do not deserve to endure. But I choose to endure not because I like the pain. There are times when you just know who you have been waiting for this whole time.

I had her. She was mine, and I was hers. But that is currently no longer the case. Love is a two-way street, but it is not an on-off switch. Once you choose to love someone, no one can make you stop loving. That choice is entirely yours, and depending on your morals and character, that choice can be very simple. For me it is. I choose to wait. I give myself into her completely. Because I know it is right. My love is not dependent on hers. I stick around both by choice. There are just people you cannot quit, because the idea of not being there when you are needed hurts more than being there when you are not.

I love you. I made that choice. You asked me to never leave you. I won't.

I promised.

Submitted April 27, 2019 at 07:56AM

I am so tired of people telling me to move on because I deserve more, as if what I deserve is what I need. They speak as though the fact that it is unrequited causes pain that i do not deserve to endure. But I choose to endure not because I like the pain. There are times when you just know who you have been waiting for this whole time.I had her. She was mine, and I was hers. But that is currently no longer the case. Love is a two-way street, but it is not an on-off switch. Once you choose to love someone, no one can make you stop loving. That choice is entirely yours, and depending on your morals and character, that choice can be very simple. For me it is. I choose to wait. I give myself into her completely. Because I know it is right. My love is not dependent on hers. I stick around both by choice. There are just people you cannot quit, because the idea of not being there when you are needed hurts more than being there when you are not.I love you. I made that choice. You asked me to never leave you. I won't.I promised.