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What is love? People talk about it all the time, but does anyone actually know what it is? What does it mean to love someone or to be in love? People throw around the word "love" so carelessly these days without first considering what they are saying. It is said that love conquers all. Is that really true? What about the alcoholic who comes home everyday and beats his wife, all the while whispering "I love you?" But then, that's not really love is it? Love conquers all, and yet there are some forms of love that are not accepted. Take homosexuels and bisexuals for instance. they may love each other as much or more than the straight couple next door, but they can't be together; they can't be married and be acknowledged as a true couple. People would be more likely to accept the alcoholic's feelings as love then that of homosexuals. Why? Because they are different. Because people don't understand them. And since they do not understand, they fear them and try to suppress them calling what they feel "wrong." But what's the difference? They are in love. No one can control who they fall in love with. Is there even such a thing as "wrong love?" What about interenet relationships? People will meet online, talk, and sometimes fall in love and yet most people will mock them saying that they can't love each other... they don't even know each other. But is that necessarily true? You spend months and months talking to each other and building a relationship. Actual feelings feelings develope for each other. Just because you can't see their face, it doesn't mean they are not there. Again, people don't understand it. How can they if they have never dared to let themselves dream and let go of the norm? People fear what they do not understand. Of course, there are certain risks that come with dating online, but what relationship doesn't require you to take risks? If you live life sheltered from the world, never bothering to take risks for fear of the consequences, then you may never find love.
So what is love? And who is to decide what form of love is acceptable? Love is love. that's all there is to it. It's not based on what gender thay are or if you can actually reach out and touch them. Love is when you are together and everything else just falls away to nothingness. Love is when you long to be with that person forever. Love is smiling and the warmth of just a single memory of them. Love is just being with them, talking to them. Love is dreaming sweet dreams every night of them, just to see them more and to hear their words. Love is that horrible ache in your heart when they go away. Love is the unimaginable pain and agony when you thnk that you might never see them again. Love is just love. It's as simple, and yet as complex as that. There is no such thing as "wrong love," not if what you feel is truly love. For how can loving another person with all your heart, your soul, your BEING be wrong? It's so hard in this life and world we live in to find someone to love and who loves you in return. So why are there so many restrictions on who we can love? If we do find someone to love, and who loves us in turn, we must hold onto them tight and never let them go, no matter what anyone else says is "right" or "wrong." And if something happens and they do manage to slip from our grip, then we must fight like hell to get them back, because you may never have a second chance to find love again. Love is love, that's all there is to it. And I truly believe this with all of my heart...
 Zelas Metalium · Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 01:47am · 0 Comments |
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