when i meet love again

when i meet love again, i hope i’ll be enough.

i hope it chooses me without wanting to change me. i hope i'm exactly what it’s looking for.

and if it finds out i'm a work-in-progress and a little damaged, i hope it still sees me as someone worth staying with.

when i meet love again, i hope it's clear.

i hope it shows up as love, not sadness in disguise or just temporary happiness posing as romance.

i hope it knows that loving me means having me on my best days and also my boring, weak, and unlovable days.

when i meet love again, i hope it meets me halfway.

i hope it’s excited to be loved right, just as it wants to love me right.

i hope it’s the one that will happily reciprocate my energy, learn my habits and languages, and go the extra mile to show me what i deserve.

and finally, when i meet love again, i hope this time it’s meant to last