I am lost in the same childish fantasy when I hear a celebrity couple has broken up.
When two crushing camp counselors never see each other again come autumn.
When a relative of mine who has been married for years gets divorced.
When you think you’ll marry your first love before the world irrevocably separates you.
I am disappointed when people who think they’ve found “the one” are wrong.
I want every pair to be as in love as my parents are.
I want my parents to always love each other like they did when they were kids
I want everyone to have already found their soulmates and for soulmates to exist.
I want there to be no time wasted by brokenheartedness.
I want love to be infinite.
I am ridiculous and naive to be dreaming of this, I know.
It is only a trick I play on myself to believe I won’t need to look for much longer.
It is for the hope that the next “one” will be my last.
It is only to blindly assure myself that I will be found.
I am desperately hoping that everyone will be found.
Originally from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Caraline Shaheen is currently living in Boston and working towards her BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College, class of 2026. Her work has been published in HYW’s 2025 Digital Magazine and the London Writers’ Salon’s “Writer’s Hour Magazine.”
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