Love

Love is like sitting in contented silence; it’s peaceful and fills you with a sense of appreciation.

Love is like a dog that’s barking and wagging its tail; exciting and filled with energy.

Love is like an unexpected pothole in the road; it is sudden but you will be okay by the end.

Love is like the moment before you fall asleep; crazy and complex but exciting as well.

Love is like air; something needed to feel truly alive.

Reading these now I realize I am only thinking about one person my girlfriend. While love can be given to friends and family I feel I would write something different in place of what I have now. Being in love with someone is different from loving someone, although it may share many of the same traits. Each prompt made an impression on my brain which was immediate and without thought just truth. Why my girlfriend as opposed to anyone else maybe because that is who I care for the most currently and who I think of when someone says love. And each aspect of the first five prompts all work together to help form that identity. The first of the five is a statement of what it feels to be with my girlfriend and just be with them, not do anything at all just be with that person. To just be with her and loving and enjoy every bit of it with no visual or auditory stimulation but enjoying a mutual feeling between two people and the comfort and safety of being there. The second statement is for the more energetic parts of love. Such and going out and doing things with her no matter what it is, whether you are playing a board game shopping, eating, or something more intimate it is a whole new joy, that can even make a mundane task enjoyable due to my being with that person. The third is a more complex thought one of the problems faced in my relationship. Whatever they may be they can come suddenly and take over all previous thoughts and emotions. It can create tension fear and sadness, but it enriches the relationship. It makes me have a deeper appreciation for my girlfriend and her problems as well as realizing my own. And at the end it only makes me love her even more. Number four is a more abstract concept to me being in love has opened a whole new realm to me I never knew existed. Both with my own emotions and hers as well as new experiences that I had never had before. I may not completely know what's going on all the time and it can be confusing but it is also really amazing to have that experience and learn so much about myself and her. Prompt five is a more emotional one for me (not saying the rest weren’t emotional just that this one has a special place in my heart). Before falling in love with my girlfriend I had felt very alone in this world with few to turn to for some aspects of my life. With her, someone who is not a close friend or family I feel complete. As if a part of my life that I desperately wanted for so long is finally here and I get to enjoy that feeling. I finally feel truly alive and in utter wonder of what I now have. So now that I love I am also alive.