Been a few days dry on this thread, but I just got to it and, well it's a trip to see all those hearts out there sharing their joy and love, their apathy, their utter confusion and heart-wrenching pain. You gals are sumpfin'
Love is a feeling you have. It's silly that there's only one word to desribe an emotion with so many facets, nuances and applications. The word may imply forever, but it's felt in the moment. The moments can be strung together for an unforeseeable amount of time. It could be there for hours or years, and we cling to it and want to feel that way so much that we try to ascribe it to "forever".
Love with every relationship is different, like a snowflake. It can melt away and we could mourn it's passing, curse the snow or revel in its beauty while it was there. It could miraculously find the right conditions to sparkle forever.
Love does not need reciprication or validation from the loved in order for it to exist, it is simply something that is felt. When it is recipricated, it doubles and becomes it's own new entity.
Fear of being hurt can challenge us and make us question our love, but feelings left buried will only insist upon acknowledgement.
Yes, I love...and I may be falling in love...and I'm scared and excited and scared and hopeful and scared and reflective and horny and .... well, a little scared.
