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A Sinuous Sensation

What is this?

This thing called love

Or not a thing, but a feeling

Or not a feeling, an emotion

Or maybe not even an emotion

 

Perhaps, it is everything

It is the everything that one cannot define

The everything that one can only experience

To truly understand

But then again what do I know

 

I’ve tried to define love

Only to find

I created it

Out of loneliness

Out of necessity

Out of fear

But that is not love

It is the desire thereof

 

See, the desire is what blinds us

(The desire to be understood, accepted, held)

Not love itself

For love would never blind

Love is the way of seeing

Into someone’s mind

And then

Deeper

Into someone’s heart

And still deeper

Into someone’s soul

But I really have no clue…

 

Or is it the idea that blinds us,

The idea of the unknown

You say you want to be “loved”

But what does that mean?

Some are afraid

Some are excited

About the mysterious ocean

That is love

The cowards swim in the estuaries

And accept what they find

Only few dare to explore

To go deep into the abyss

But it this really so?

 

Could it be that in the cold

Love is the attachment

The warmth, the passion

That makes you know

All is well in the dark

And in the dark

Love is the light

The security, the faith

To move forth

And in the light

Love is the source

The source of….life

But then again what do I know?

 

We learn that birth is the opposite of death

And it seems

That death is a negative end to life

But perhaps love

Is the positive end

For, I don’t know much

But I know that those who were said to be

Truly

Madly

Deeply

In love

Were those who never returned

And the ones who can’t explain

But always say

It cannot be defined

It must be experienced

 

I truly believe

Love is quite simple

But the simple things in life

Are often the hardest to understand

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Written by
zora-s
American
Published
Aug 19, 2010
Lines·Words
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Notes

I haven't written in a while, and so I decided it was time to sit down and give way to my mental diarrhea. I will admit, it's really isn't the best, but it's a start. And even a bad start assists in improving. :]

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