being in love is a wonderful thing. although is isn’t always what we are expecting, we soon discover it is something we so desperately cannot live without. love comes in a variety of forms. will you be able to identify it, when it makes it way to you?

there happens to be the “butterfly effect”, which i like to think is the most common. this love gives you the feeling of sitting in a cart 300 feet off the ground. when it suddenly hits you, there you are swept away going a high number of miles per hour with adrenaline running all through your veins. you are completely and utterly terrified, for you have no idea what’s around that sharp corner but getting off is the last thing you want to do.

next there’s a “fire” love. a heavy feeling of strong desire which you never thought you could possess. you yearn for their every touch, move, and presence. you do not wake nor go to sleep without them being in your very thoughts. you seem to feel rather possessive over the person your heart simply cannot break away from

then comes the “unknown” kind of love. it is not spoken about very often, for reasons of shame or perhaps embarrassment but it seems to hit almost every human being at some point of their life. the “unknown” holds more of mystery and confusion. you live each day in uncertainty, pondering over what “could’ve been”. blatant fear holds you back from the one thing you want most in this wicked world. though your pessimism and doubt only get you so far, you have not the ability to let go and move on. so what is it that you do? you remain stuck. your heart trapped. you convince yourself that this is your life. living in questioning, admiring from afar, as you watch the person you love, love someone else.

- d.berry