How long will it take you to figure it out? I'm weary of waiting for it to be clear to you. I love you.
No, I'm not going to agree with everything.
No, I'm not going to accept everything.
No, I'm not going to tolerate everything.
No, I'm not going to get it right every time, but I come pretty close, I would think.
I don't want to know why you chose the road with all the shadows looming over it. I don't want to know about why you chose the hookups and empty sex, lies, being drunk, being abusive to others and self, or even about the religion and/or lifestyles choices you made. I don't want know about any of that right now.
Do I have feelings about those? Yes. Opinions? Plenty. Maybe my influence in your life will open a new road, maybe not. I can only be here.
The thing I want to know is how long I am going to have to work at convincing you of the fact that I love you and I'm not afraid to love you and keep loving you no matter what. So tell me: how long will it take for it to click? Am I waiting years? Months? Days? Is it on the bend of the next new dawn? Is this conversation the one where the light comes on and you realize? That's what I'm asking for, you know: realization of an established fact.
I shouldn't even be having this conversation, but here we are at the crossroads, you nervous because you're wondering if this will be the thing that breaks it all and when you tell me, I'm unmoved and actually irritated because you allowed this to break your stride.
These words don't even suffice to cover even half of how I feel, but I'll type a few more.
I'm doing all I can do to make my love for you clear. I'm going to need you to take it at face value and act on it. Yes, this love costs and yes, it demands much, but if you have seen any positivity come out of this, it might be worse taking more of a chance on. There's the line; step to one side or another.
No, I'm not going to agree with everything.
No, I'm not going to accept everything.
No, I'm not going to tolerate everything.
No, I'm not going to get it right every time, but I come pretty close, I would think.
I don't want to know why you chose the road with all the shadows looming over it. I don't want to know about why you chose the hookups and empty sex, lies, being drunk, being abusive to others and self, or even about the religion and/or lifestyles choices you made. I don't want know about any of that right now.
Do I have feelings about those? Yes. Opinions? Plenty. Maybe my influence in your life will open a new road, maybe not. I can only be here.
The thing I want to know is how long I am going to have to work at convincing you of the fact that I love you and I'm not afraid to love you and keep loving you no matter what. So tell me: how long will it take for it to click? Am I waiting years? Months? Days? Is it on the bend of the next new dawn? Is this conversation the one where the light comes on and you realize? That's what I'm asking for, you know: realization of an established fact.
I shouldn't even be having this conversation, but here we are at the crossroads, you nervous because you're wondering if this will be the thing that breaks it all and when you tell me, I'm unmoved and actually irritated because you allowed this to break your stride.
These words don't even suffice to cover even half of how I feel, but I'll type a few more.
I'm doing all I can do to make my love for you clear. I'm going to need you to take it at face value and act on it. Yes, this love costs and yes, it demands much, but if you have seen any positivity come out of this, it might be worse taking more of a chance on. There's the line; step to one side or another.
"How long will it take you to figure it out?" <-- Truthfully, some won't ever figure it out. Others won't ever be able to accept it. And not at all related to you but related to their own life experiences and others who have said similar things and not meant a word of it.
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