Conforming or Settling?

When I opt to get into a relationship

Because everyone around me is in one

Because she makes me insecure

Because she thinks am screwing around

Am I conforming or settling?

When I opt to say yes to a woman

Because she says she wants me but does not show me

Because she says she loves me but acts indifferent

Because she says one thing now, but knows not its meaning

Am I settling or conforming?

When I opt to say I love you

Because she says it too

Because I need someone to say it to

Because I don’t want to be lonely

Am I conforming or settling?

When I opt to scream from the rooftops

Of a love so endearing that it burns

Of a pain so excruciating I want to cry

Of an emotion that has no way of being expressed

Am I conforming or settling?

How thin is the line between the two?

How vague is the boundary that divides them?

How narrow minded or shallow would I be to miss it?

How irrelevant are the details to those who don’t care?

How fine is the print of the script that you read?