I believe Love

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I didn't fall in love. I didn't even stumble into it. It was more like a casual stroll. 

You know those walks you take on a warm Summers day, just admiring the flowers in bloom, listening to the birds chirping, watching the clouds float away from and towards each other... and then suddenly you bump into someone you haven't seen in years and start chatting and laughing? And it ends up being the best conversation you've had in a while and you really don't want it to end. You want more of it. And at the end of it, you walk away feeling like damn, can that happen again? 

Yeah, it was one of those casual strolls. I walked into it slowly, admiring its beauty at first. Listening to its musicality, trying to take in every note and lyric. Observing its dynamics, how it deals with both the good and bad. And then, when I least expected it, I was captivated by it. I hung onto love's every word, it's laughter was music to my ears. I felt I could talk forever with love and never grow weary. And I knew I wanted more. I needed more. I didn't want this conversation to end. I knew I could love love for a very long time...

And this casual stroll into love changed my life. Each day I opened my eyes, I looked forward to hearing its voice. I looked forward to having meaningful conversations with love. I looked forward to learning from it. I looked forward to hearing of its trials. I looked forward to hearing of its victories. I looked forward to listening and learning from love. But most of all, I looked forward to watching it grow... 

Just like a flower blooms with just enough sunshine and rain...
Just like the sun grows in strength as the day progresses...
Just like thunder clouds gather and give the sky an ominous appearance before a storm...
Just like blades of grass sprout from the moist soil after the rain...
Just like all new things are born after destruction...
I wanted to watch love grow. Within me. With me. Around me. 
I wanted endless conversations with love, about how it is often taken for granted and unappreciated, but also about how it is valued and nourished too. 
I wanted to thank love for all the things it would still do for me, like walking with me on those warm Summer days and laughing from the pit of it's stomach, but also for carrying me on those stormy nights and wiping my tears. I had all these thoughts in my head about what I would share with love. What I would do. What we would do.

Because, on this Summers day, love joined me on my walk, and never left. Love assured me it would stick around when Autumn came by and the leaves fell from the trees. Love even promised me it would be there on those cold Winter days when everything in the world seemed dark and gloomy. And love also said that when Spring came around, it would give birth to more love. 

I listened to love talk. I hung on love's every word. Every promise. And I believed love. 

I believe Love. 
Do you?


Take Care

Miss Stone 



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