Impractical Magic

There's almost a magical quality about loving someone who doesn't love you back. You can always see the best in them, no matter the worst they've done to you. Every word they say hangs in the air like when you bake something really yummy. But no matter how you much you love them, you know they won't love you back. Yet despite all of the bull shit they put you through you follow them like a lost puppy. They can do no wrong but their partner can do no good. They love their girlfriend/ boyfriend and since you love the object of your affection you pretend to enjoy the company of their special friend. You fake a smile when you see them together, you look away when they kiss which seems like all the time, you cry when you're alone. It's hard to be the chief justice of an unrequited love. You become the things you hate most. And you try to tell yourself it's better for everyone but honestly it's not.