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The deepest love of a human heart
Not everyone knows how to receive it.
Upon revealing your love,
An irresponsible lover becomes inebriated
So much so, your heart becomes ….auxiliary,
A spare wing for an airborne vessel. Why?
Because they have it. But of course, they want more.
They consider their next course of action
“When it comes to hearts —
I want a collection.”
– O.D. ©2023
Art by: JibrilsexyAI0
Love is a powerful thing. Don’t be discouraged by those who don’t know how to receive your love. Thank them if they handle it poorly, because that only serves as further evidence of how it was not meant for them.
Will it hurt being rejected? Of course it will, no matter how zen you may be. But imagine being married to someone so romantically irresponsible as to hold your heart as a spare battery. Noone should have to go through that.
I’ve loved people who have let the high get to their head. Assuming my desire to keep the relationship afloat was because I had nowhere else to go. But the reality is when you love someone you do your best to steer everyone in the right direction; you don’t approach issues with pride. You only have to hope they trust you enough to listen to your counsel. And if they keep going towards a path of destruction? You simply say “Let your will be done”. After all, love should never be forced.
I love because I can, dear reader, not because I want to be loved back. If we take it a step further, I love because God has gifted me the ability to love. So I use it, fiercely. All that’s left is to determine whether my love is compatible with those around me lol Took two years of practice but that’s my philosophy with this at least.
Merry Christmas, dove ❤ I love you
O.D. 
I’ve sort of hidden my head in the sand when it comes to love but I want to be more open to it next year. Loved the poem.
Thank you, Pooja. Looking forward to hearing about your journey with love if you happen to share it on your page 😃
You’re very welcome and thanks 😀
I love this. Because I understand loving fiercely even when it’s not (necessarily) reciprocated. As you said, loving because you can love is the best reason. It’s that agape-type love. Hard to fathom but a blessing to embrace.
Yeah, I feel kinda icky when people say “If you treat me right, I will love you right” or something to the same effect. Feels entirely transactional. Like we’re one spreadsheet away from fitting this ‘love’ into a beaker lol
This world we live in has so many definitions of love but I only believe in the love that is given freely. Thanks for the visit, Spirit Twin ✨
Yes! I see it far too often. The thing is, the more you give, the more it flows out of you, the more you can actually receive. It defies logic. And I kinda like that!
Certainly there are many types of love and they all have their own place. Pragma is a favorite of mine. But even lust/eros is proper in the proper setting. It’s that agape that really seems to have been forgotten in these days “Burger King” days of “have it your way”. It’s selfish and not fulfilling.
Had to read up on all the types of love you mentioned. There were more than I realized. I learnt something extremely valuable today thanks to you ✨
Pragma and Agape stand out to me the most as well. They have a timeless quality to them 😃
Yes!