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It’s not impossible
In a couple of months,
I have come to appreciate a delicate matter of the heart and soul. Something I
had somewhat willed myself into developing an immunity for invaded every sense
of my feigned self-assurance, I was left vulnerable to its onslaught without defense.
The topic of love is
not one I would normally write about except from an observational or clinical
perspective. To have me as a participant of an affair was just far-fetched at
best, if not impossible.
There are reasons why
I never thought myself a candidate for this emotion that is hardly a
second-hand emotion. Tina Turner who made a global comeback hit with ‘What’s
love got to do with it’ some 35 years ago is at 79 enjoying some of the best
years of love in her life in Switzerland with her husband.
It’s a living thing
In my reckoning, I
think love has everything to do with it when you find that someone, and when
you do, it is a first hand, ever present, all-consuming emotion of words, acts
and passion. You are almost tongue-tied at the sight of your beloved and weak
at the knees at a simple touch.
That one has to
manage a long-distance relationship with its limitations does not dampen the
growing intimacy that is beyond the physical. The meeting of minds, the
knitting of hearts, the merging of thoughts and the confluence of souls creates
something so unique between you that cannot be found with anyone else.
You cannot tire of
professing the cliché and the originally poetic expressions of deep love and
affection. You reinforce the bond between yourselves continually eliminating every
iota of doubt about how you feel and where you hope fate, fortune and fortitude
would lead you to.
It changes you
The heart pines and
aches for the satisfaction only love can provide, yet, there is no easy understanding
of the force and power of love. You just know and strive to live its fulfillment in every way you can. Love is a spirit, it is an experience, it is an
expression, it is life.
With it, the
countenance brightens, expectations are heightened, adventure is almost
frightening, but there is nothing to fear as the embraces tighten. Having had
many failed relationships, a social life littered with ex-partners who have
become friends, they themselves in relationships that have lasted quite long,
you dared think something was amiss with you.
That it took a
sojourn over land and sea to meet one who is becoming and I hope would become a
partner for life indicates to me that there is always someone for you even
after you have lost someone you thought was everything. Love is for the living,
fondness and sweet memories are for the dearly departed.
I could spend time
wondering why, but that is a waste of time, for moments shared are more significant
and meaningful, they are to be cherished wholesomely, with gratitude and
thankfulness. There is a hope and possibility of endless love, where two hearts
have become as one.
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