The ability to look at things as they are <br /> <br />Without the distraction of a fairy tale romance <br /> <br />No waking dreams, no repressed desires projected onto another <br /> <br />But the beauty of seeing what is, in clarifying light <br /> <br />No delusions of grandeur <br /> <br />Or of running away from the world <br /> <br />But the courage to look into a honest mirror <br /> <br />And accepting who we are <br /> <br />Beautiful, wrinkled, deep feeling <br /> <br />And maybe, finding who we want to be <br /> <br />Romancing the world, is a hollow chase <br /> <br />And reality is a pretty illusion <br /> <br />When the only true romance, is with your own soul!<br /><br />Anita Atina<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/romancing-reality/