Dating in 2017

Stuck between fear and fair
Stuck between sex and love
Stuck between real and fake
Stuck between no in between
Stuck between risks and scars
Stuck between time and effort
Stuck between falling and forced
Stuck between feelings and walls
Stuck between guarded and lying
Stuck between loving and leaving
Stuck between what ifs and never
Stuck between texting and talking
Stuck between winning and losing
Stuck between society and yourself
Stuck between lust and desperation
Stuck between trust and dishonesty
Stuck between who should text who
Stuck between defense and listening
Stuck between giving up and giving in
Stuck between accusing and admitting
Stuck between physical and emotional
Stuck between spontaneous and boring
Stuck between the past and the present
Stuck between I tried and I’ll keep trying
Stuck between first choice and last resort
Stuck between boundaries and expectations
Stuck between ultimatums and compromise
Stuck between relationships and hooking up
Stuck between happily ever after and disaster
Stuck between commitment and playing games
Stuck between new profile pic and never posted
Stuck between not enough time and on to the next
Stuck between vulnerability and letting someone in
Stuck between misunderstanding and communicating
Stuck between “In a relationship” and “It’s complicated”
Stuck between social media and a joint Facebook account
Stuck between fighting with someone and fighting for them
Stuck between whose fault things are and accepting our own
Stuck between no one has to know and shouting it from a rooftop
Stuck between what our heart wants and what society tells us to do
Stuck between the impossible conditions we’ve created about dating and how much easier this all used to be