This is re-posting a poem I posted on Facebook earlier this week. I had been musing on all the Fanfiction I had been reading recently and some of the reasons why I am so drawn to Fanfiction as a field of writing/reading/daydreaming.
Romance by Proxy
As I search my Heart
As I search my Soul
As I search for The Stories
Day in and Day out
I realize I seek
Romance by Proxy
Couches and Movies
Late night cups of tea and conversation
Those who tell you to stop if you are working too hard
Those who give hugs and forehead kisses
Those who write letters of romance
And Yes often in Fanfiction
The romance leads
To "Dot Dot Dot"
But even that can seem sweet
Between characters
In fantasy
By reading the tags
You know who will end up with whom
How they will go out two by two
Or sometimes even sweeter
How they will go out three by three
Where Romantic friendships
Passionate friendships
Queerplatonic relationships
Are all as common
As heteronormative relationships
Are out in the wilds of the real world
I cling to a reality
Within stories
Where the rules are clearly stated
Instead of this world we call reality
Where the rules are listed in code
Where asking even for the coded version
Is not proper: Not the way things are done
I realize I seek
Romance by Proxy
And sometimes that is a lifetime of enough
And sometimes I feel I am missing out on something
I realize I seek
Romance by Proxy
I realize I seek
Romance by Proxy
I realize I seek
Romance by Proxy
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