well thank you really I honestly think your romantic partner should double as your best friend because you're gonna be stuck together but that's whats beautiful about love I suppose

This is very sweet. I hope the person you wrote this about if it’s someone you know directly can listen to this. Lovely sentiment.

I like how you applied the line "You're not just my lover so" repeatedly. It brings emphasis and more depth as one goes down and down lines and stanzas. This could be a vow, I say. Lovely point.

I absolutely love this. I have a romantic partner and I feel this right to my soul.  

My suggestion is possibly putting the “so” at the end of you’re not just my lover onto the next line with each verse.  I think it will help the flow! 

Happy writing friend

I was about to comment that this a perfect lover-best friend poem before I finished and then I read the best friend like😍😍 it's so good

It’s super sweet! I’d love for you to lean into the specificity of your relationship with this person. You’ve clearly acknowledged many of the general dynamics of love, but don’t shy away from the intricacies of your own, as those distinctions emerge from these very same places. 

I always want to hear the irreplaceable reality of your time with this person when I read a poem of love!

Ooh. I how the addressee appreciates you and supports you too.


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Relationships having this side is honestly something most of us want, and kinda know, but, this is interestingly a sweet and comforting poem despite that. Thank you for writing it, I still really enjoyed it. The only thing is, I kinda felt like “I hope you really see you’re not some fling” just got in the way, and wasn’t really necessary. Other lines have two lines between every “you’re not just my lover so” and that one had to have three with that.

You're not just my lover so

when you need someone to lean on remember

I'll be there to keep you steady

You're not just my lover so

when you're feeling colder than December

I'll be there to keep you warm

You're not just my lover so

when you run into troubles big or small

I'll stick with you and see it through

I hope you really see you're not some fling

you're not just my lover

because my darling you're also my best friend

til the very end

[1](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/vvcsmy/climbing_at_colehill_quarry/)  [2](https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/vv5wug/seeking_attention/)

Not just my lover