What Is Love?

Love, fresh and new in our youth;
so deep, passionate and easy.
We believe it will last forever
until the pain of that first breakup.
The heartache seems to linger far too long.

We learn that love is not easy.
It is passionate, difficult, and messy;
a roller coaster ride of emotions on a rough road.
We must brace ourselves for the journey to survive
the hills, plains and pot holes along the way.

Love can be deeply passionate,

and in these times will flow easily.

It will seem as if our hearts so filled with desire

may burst from the passion held within.

We cannot imagine a time where this is not how love will be.

Love can be calm and smooth

like the flowing of a river,

and we ride along peacefully enjoying the view.

There may be no deep passion,

but there is also no rough water and turmoil.

It is a journey that we gladly embrace.

Love can be messy.

Over the years we find our partner's faults and quirks,

and they also learn ours.

In the process of discovering these, chaos can ensue.

There will be days when we may not even like one another

on our path to acceptance of each other's foibles.

Love can be difficult.

There comes a time when we hit roadblocks

we never imagined would enter our lives.

These things happen to other people;

we had our lives planned and filled with adventures.

Then one day we wake up and our world, and our future, is sent in a new direction.

So, we readjust how life will be moving forward, and plan for different adventures. 

Love; passionate, easy, messy, difficult, and so much more.

As we encounter each phase we need to remember to embrace all of it.

For even though we may not like some of the rough waters along the way,

in the end all of it is a part of our story an how we became who we are.