I'm Finding My Fairy-tale

When my parents brought my sister and I into the world,
They were deeply in love,
But after my sister's first birthday,
Mom left, and Dad filed for divorce.
I was too young to understand,
At the tender age of four,
But it made me realize something serious,
Love probably doesn't last forever.
Mom ran around with different men,
Gave birth to my half-sister,
Dad brought another woman into our lives,
And I gained a stepsister and stepbrother.
In school,
Everyone still had both of their parents,
And I felt like an outcast,
Because how could you explain to your friends,
That your mom was not there for you,
And your dad quickly had to find someone else to keep sane?
So, that followed me,
Through elementary, middle, and high school,
My friends could find someone to "love,"
But I was left alone without a significant other.
I searched for love in bad places,
Men online,
Needing the attention it brought me,
Even if I was only fourteen at the time.
I was reminded of my parent's divorce,
As I watched my stepmother's and father's love diminish,
And she always threatened divorce,
But she stayed,
Because my dad feared being alone,
And I think she felt the same.
I met the person I thought was "the one,"
My freshman year of high school,
And I spent four years with him,
But even as time passed,
I realized I didn't really love him anymore.
So my fear returned of love not lasting forever,
As I didn't know what to do about my relationship,
So I drug it on and on,
For six more months.
Then he walked into my life and I was starstruck,
A customer at the shoe store,
Tall, handsome, and perfect in my eyes,
And just by luck,
He gave me my number before leaving.
Though I was still with my high school sweetheart,
Living in his household for the past two weeks at the time,
I talked to this new man and I realized that I had never felt like this before.
I said goodbye to the former,
Deciding that I couldn't do it anymore,
As he had turned into a completely new person,
A man I didn't even know,
Violent, distant, and not the person I could see my life with.
The new guy,
He treats me right,
He's caring, kind, sweet, and he understands me in ways no one has before,
I can tell we were brought together for a reason,
By fate.
Being with him,
Makes my fear disappear,
I question if love last forever,
But around him,
I don't.
With him,
I see a future,
A brighter life than I ever thought I'd live,
Someone who can support me as I support them,
So the fairy-tales that were wired in my brain as a kid,
Can become a reality.
I see a future,
Where I won't have to live my parents' mistakes,
Where I can be happy,
And maybe, just maybe,
I'll find that happily ever after,
Because even as that four year old whose mother walked out on her,
She still holds this dream at nineteen.