I think we're capable of falling in love at any given point of our lives, what changes is the amount/depth in which we love. When we're younger, we love the way a 5 yr. old loves their pet dog they've had since they can remember; cherish it, know it means a lot to them and would miss them when it's gone, just not for too long. But as we age, and as our love for things change, we do too.
At a certain point in our lives--a different one for all of us, be begin to love things in a more dependent way. No longer are we able to see ourselves without that in which we love; no longer can we cry for a few minutes and replace within a month, week, or even day. That's the point in which the meaning of love becomes different. No longer is it a selfish thing where it affects you and you only, but it comes an impersonal emotion shared between two people or more.
That's when love is dangerous.
That's when no longer does it rely on how you feel, but how he/she does.
That's when love has become death.
And at what point is it when we should fear love and/or the lack of it? Is it the minute we're born, being we can love at all times? Or is it when it becomes an emotion adjacent to dependency? How about never? Should we fear it? Should we fear the lack of it? Why? What for? Love can be found in all forms, and sometimes, it's right before you, you're just not able to see it.
How about fearing the love that isn't there?
...Or that love that really isn't love?
How do we know when we've crossed that "puppy dog" love--no pun intended, and know we've hit the path of "true love." Are we capable of judging something like that? Knowing when it's happen? ...Being able to give reasoning as to knowing HOW you know you're in love? Or is it one of those things you just "know"? An unexplainable emotion that is just there. Is that what it feels like?
Are we capable of judging other people when they say they're in love? Do we really stand on enough ground when we look at a person's relationship, analyze it, see it at face value and think "She doesn't love him, she's too young.. plus, they haven't been together long enough."
Isn't there such a thing as love as first sight? Don't you believe in knowing the moment you meet someone, that you know you're going to love them? You just know they're perfect...everything you want and need. Isn't it possible that "umph" in someone is beyond chemistry...?
Love is love. And that's why I stick to what I say when I say "Love is an irreplaceable, dangerous thing you cannot live with, nor without." |
Submission Name: Love Changes
