Love is a Six Letter Word

R is for her resounding beauty. Both inside & out. The kind that keeps you up at night wondering if you deserve her.

E is for her ethereal personality. So unique, yet so fragile. The phrase "one a kind" never meant so much to me.

G is for the gentle way about her. How she cared about every living creature, no matter how small.

R is for her rejuvenating presence. Simply being around her, without a single word being uttered, was enough to lift my soul beyond any happiness I believed I could have.

E is for her everlasting smile, burned so deeply into my mind. So perfectly bright, as if it was a scene within a romantic movie.

T is for the throbbing in my heart that started the moment I laid eyes on her. That lasted to the first time we spoke, the first time I held her as my own, & everyday after.


But R.E.G.R.E.T. stands for a stupid man. A man who knew what he had, but took it for granted. A man who screwed up the only happiness he had ever known in his life, & set the events in motion for the inevitable breakup that would end the man he use to be: Fun, funny, smiling, & still somewhat hopeful.

For what is love, but a constant lesson. Teaching us what mistakes to never make again, how our actions shape our life, & the difference between true love & a crush.

However, love is a two way street. Walked down by couple after couple. The stupid man, can be joined by the stupid woman who's equal mistakes ended what could have been a loving life.

Thus, R.E.G.R.E.T. also stands for hope. For we learn nothing from happiness, & contentment. Yet we learn much from pain. Therefore, with regret perhaps we may learn how to properly search for that life long happiness so sought after by humanity. Fueled by one basic need: to be loved.