What Is Love?

If we look at our lives so closely or if we research the word love, I assure you that we will find a definition of what love is. Not only one definition but so many that we may end up confused. There is the world's definition, people's definition, the media's definition, the best sellers' definition, the movies' definition, and the list goes on! 

I for one believe that love is when someone accepts others the way they are no matter what; with all their shortcomings, quirks, and flaws. If you love someone, you do not ask them to change who they are to accommodate your needs or meet your expectations. If you love someone, you forgive them their own mishaps as many times as it takes! You give up parts of you, your dreams, and expectations to mold new ones that build your relationship and make it stronger than ever.

 If you love someone, you fight for them and you stand for all they are! You do not give up on what you have with them and dwell on what might have been. You look at that person as if he or she is your world and no one can even compare. You make them your life, your dream, and your everything! You become their everything as well; their friend, their family, and the person they feel safe to go to when everything around them seems to be falling apart or when they need a shoulder to lean on because no one else can do it as good as you! You become their source of happiness, confidence, and encouragement. You  become the one who lifts them up and makes them feel that no one can come close! You are the one who wipes their tears rather than cause them.

Love means that you will always wrap your arms around those you love and hold them close, especially when they are sad and afraid. You will make sure they know that you will stand for them and fight for them when the world is trying to tear them apart. There will be moments when they will feel that the whole world is against them; which is when your love is supposed to assure them that everything is going to be alright because you are with them no matter what! This is what love is for me!

If you are not ready to do all of this, then you are not in love and "I love you" would mean nothing.  If you are not ready to do this, then you are not ready to be in a relationship with these people.  Sometimes,in the long run, knowing the truth despite how much hurt it brings, is way more rewarding and less complicated than pretending something exists when it does not!  

Tomorrow

She trudges heavily towards the bed unable to withstand the pains and aches that swarmed all over her body and then she  climbs onto the softness of the bed to cover herself with her warm and fluffy blanket.  She lays her head on her friend of confidence and shares her dreams of a tomorrow that she hopes will become her today.  Then she looks beyond the present into a future that only the dark night knows of and she sees among that darkness a white cloud that draws a smile on her face but eventually, it disappears in the emptiness of the night to remind her of her own hollow soul.

A Whisper of Love

The music so uplifting to the joy she felt has drawn her far away into a world of magic and romance.  So much love was felt through every musical note.  Her eyes were unable to hide the sentimental tears that have been lingering there for a while trying to escape the prison in which they were created.

Then, she heard the sound of raindrops heavenly touching the surface of this vast earth with their mighty softness to be only followed by the trudging of a horse that carried her charming prince from a faraway world to the sole existence of her sapphire soul.

Her dreams took her down an isle she has always aspired to experience.  She longed for the warmth of his hands cuddling her sweet and tender body only to touch her eyes with the gentleness that will finally open the long-shut eyes of hers.  They will open them to the beauty of a world she has always imagined and thought does not exist.

She held on to him with all the strength she had like death’s grip trying to inhale every breath of love and liveliness she can withhold.  She looked into his eyes with the deep affection she bore within her heart.  Hands held and limbs entangled, they walked the path they have walked a million times before to live a different emotion this time.  So honorable were the feelings that accompanied every step they took.  The tune that was playing in the background touched every nerve within her allowing her to experience the harmony that God has created among them to be witnessed by all those who came to commemorate the death of their past and the beginning of their future as one soul.

Happiness was their gospel by which they lived.  She longed for every sound that nature created.  The buzzes and the hushes along the dusk when the sun came down to sleep in its bed of beauty that laid there within the waves of such miraculous seas made every wish possible and every dream achievable.

Their steps grew faster while their hearts drummed stronger.  Earth seemed weaker and unable to withhold their love.  The wind was defying every single movement they made but still they were able to be strong enough not to adhere to all those mighty powers.  They continued until the music became an inseparable part of them.  They had to prove how great their love and affection is to withstand all what it had faced and obtain all what they have ever desired for.

High above, the dove of their love has soared to touch the most amazing levels of spirituality where their union was blessed by all the powers that exist in this life.  Then, and only then, heaven stopped weeping and a colorful rainbow crowned their love with the most amazing gift of all.  Eventually, the music changed to a more cheerful tune that can touch every heart and soul with the magical whisper of love.