everyone says love is simple but it’s never felt that way used to be you met someone and they actually chose to stay now it’s all half-written feelings and “maybe later” on repeat people scared to get too close ’cause they’ve all been burned to heat and it’s messy— everyone guarded, everyone tired— again ’cause this generation’s hurting we don’t trust a heart that’s kind we keep running from the real things acting like it’s by design and it’s harder now to fall in when the past still pulls you back everybody’s got a story ’bout the moment something cracked and it’s heavy— wanting connection, scared of the cost— but still we try our parents found a rhythm held on through the highs and lows now it feels like every promise comes with exits no one shows we’re all learning how to open without giving all we’ve got trying hard to love somebody in a world that kinda… forgot but we keep hoping— even if the hope feels thin— ’cause damn we want **something real** and maybe love’s not broken maybe we’re just trying new maybe healing takes a lifetime but we still push for something true yeah it hurts to see the damage in the people passing by but there’s still a spark inside us that refuses not to try