The Strangest Thing

So often we claim that we will never fall in love again. And yet we repeat the cycle over and over again. We meet someone. We pour on all the good qualities we can muster. We spoil them and show off our bright shiny sides. We build our lovers up to be this wonderful, amazing, too-good-to-be-true monument. But all too fast it begins to fade. One person stops trying. As a result the other becomes frustrated and starts to demand more. We abandon all of our good intentions and discount all of the thoughtful gestures. And then all too soon its over, in the blink of an eye. And we start to wonder... What did we ever see in them in the first place? Was there a time when we were so happy? What happened to that time? Why did we both stop trying? Why can't we stand each other now? So then, we fight. We tear each other down until there's absolutely nothing left and then we're left tired, drained, powerless and hopeless yet again. We pout, we cry, we wallow in our misery until we can't any longer and then lightning strikes and it all happens again...