everything i have learned about love

through books 

and movies

seems to be a lie

​

because with you

it felt less like lightning 

and more like rain

the rain that pours 

in the middle of august

after a great drought

​

waking me up

compelling me to confront these feelings

and allowing me to grow 

in ways i never imagined

​

this is what it felt like

to fall in love with you.