The Perks of Being A Significant Other

Maybe, it's just the word significant.

That word holds all the magic.
The importance
The potential.
The worth.

There are a lot of rights granted in being the other half.
The sex
The affection
The monopoly of both
Supposedly

There's responsibility involved.
The care
Comfort
The love
Unconditionally.

Of course, it's not perfect.
The fights.
The cruelty
The lies
Unfortunately.

Like it or not, independence is the first casualty.
Rightfully, so.
Pride is the second.
But it never truly dies.
Nor surrenders.

There are a lot of perks in being a significant other
sometimes those perks become disadvantages
always preceded by the feeling of being insignificant

and the magic disappears
and your importance to the other is voided
and the potential evaporates in the heat of once was
and your worth then becomes questioned

And those rights have been amended
the sex is available to the highest bidder
the affection is a smile in a crowded room
the monopoly of both has been divided and sold

Those responsibilities now are simply chores
With only yourself to truly care about you
And maybe a new vice for our own comfort
to replace the old vice we mistook for love

But as imperfect as it ever was
Those fights
The cruelty
The lies
were significant enough to draw blood or tears or any specific emotion

Because significance is the perk of being a significant other.