Love is

Love is a child's expected storybook ending,

the smoking romance of an adolescent's first kiss,

a blazing fire of sexual desire,

the steady slow burn of years of predictability's bliss.

It is the satisfaction of being chosen,

the fear of loss and sting of jealousy,

a timid hesitation, being frozen,

complete and total ecstasy,

It's tears of betrayal, to keep trust in someone when they fail,

the ability to forgive, the lust to live,

It is blindness to imperfection and the acceptance of one without correction.

learning that receiving is not as good as it is to give,

It is knowing that one does not control one's heart or that of another,

It is the expectation that pain comes with joy.

It is to see an enemy as a brother.

and the despair when your most dear one you destroy

A suicidal sacrifice of one's own desires and individuality.

not needing to speak the playfulness of hide and seek

Built on the foundation of trust and security

valuing something else more than yourself, it's maturity

Love is the child of hope and empathy and the mother of peace.

Life's breath it knows no death

It is the ashes and residue of all these.

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

'It is the satisfaction of being chosen,
the fear of loss and sting of jealousy,
a timid hesitation, being frozen,
complete and total ecstasy .. '

Love has too much hope yet too many twists: tis the hardest lesson of all.

[Soren]

A simple yet so complex feeling Thank you so much for the read and comments

[willweb]

Love is so many things, different to different people but overall, love is everything that is good, whether returned or not.

[Soren]

Thanks Will I would agree with you, love to some is passion to others friendship. Everyone has their own definition. Appreciate the review Will.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and as we grow up, as we age into infinity, we find out if we are strong enough to give love, even when it is not returned.
j.

[Soren]

So true Jacob. We all possess a little of it but few possess the essential qualities. Thanks for the review and wise comment