love

All you need is Love, and Love is all you need.

Red Rain and Rain Boots
You told me once that you could never love anyone as much as you loved the sea. I laughed and asked how you could love something that could kill you without a second thought; I asked how you could love something so wild and shameless and unpredictable.
By Molly R.8 years ago in Humans
Falling in Love When You're 'Too Young'
*(Names have been changed for privacy) When I was in grade 9 I fell into my first real relationship. I'm not counting the previous occurrences in which I would date the same boy for a week whenever he felt like it. I'm counting my first real relationship, like the one where I didn't get dumped a week later. It started because I became really good friends with this boy named Carter* and we would always hang out at this afterschool program that was five minutes away from my school. We went to different schools which weren't particularly close or particularly far from each other, but still it was sometimes a hassle to meet. When I met him he had been very happy, he was doing chalk drawings on our sidewalk with me and we listened to music because we felt too old to do the activities inside, plus it was spring so why not? That day I thought I understood his personality, but it wasn't until we delved into the friendship further that I realized I was in fact, wrong. 15-year-old me was an undiagnosed ball of depression and anxiety. I had the terrible habit of hurting myself over little things because I was really sensitive and my friends often weren't. To speed this up, I learned through exchanging messages that he was the same, except he didn't have anxiety, he was just very depressed and suicidal. Even as a 15-year-old I was drawn to mental illness. I found it interesting because how can the human brain make us this way? To this day it still fascinates me and I've taken Psychology classes to learn more about it. Anyways, I soon realized I was developing a big fat crush on the sad boy.
By Sabrina Espinosa8 years ago in Humans
C's Get Degrees
Dear Lorelei, We are both young. We really are so very young. This is not a mid-life crisis, stuck in a 9 to 5 job, watching my hairline slowly recede, and reassuring myself that "I am still young".
By Markus McWinston8 years ago in Humans
Is Romance Dead?
As I’m laying here in bed at 5:23 in the morning I can’t seem to quiet my mind on one simple subject. Is romance dead? I guess the answer would depend on what you believe is romance. When I was younger I watched movies, read books, and heard stories of these grand romantic notions that make woman swoon and fall madly in love. You’re told romance is flowers, kissing, gifts, and open displays of grand affection. I believed in that for a long time and like most woman, to this day, have a soft spot for it, but I see things in slightly different light.
By Jina Spenard8 years ago in Humans
Love: In Its Truest Form
Let us begin with my favorite Greek mythology: That of Baucis and Philemon. Oddly enough, I first encountered this myth within Mary Pope Osborne's retelling in the book Favorite Greek Myths. How often does a fifth grader encounter a story that continues to impact him into his mid-twenties? To simplify the story: Baucis and Philemon were a married couple whose love, compassion, honesty, devotion, and service allowed them to live forever as a "great oak and linden that grew from only one trunk."
By Luis Tomas Graveley Jr8 years ago in Humans
Love Me in the Morning
I heard the knock on the door. I froze like I didn’t expect it. I had been waiting for hours, preparing. I stood up and walked slow enough that a second knock was necessary. I’m not sure why I’m moving so slowly or why my heart is beating so fast. Maybe it's because I know I still love him. I get to the door, take a deep breath and open.
By Blkhoneyy .8 years ago in Humans
My Love Story
Love story. So many of us go through relationships in life that aren't great. This post will hopefully reach out to somebody, anyone, that is going through something similar.
By Brittany Thomas8 years ago in Humans
Purple Hair and Hookups
I look at her. Her hair; dyed purple and pulled back into a high bun. Her collarbone marred with bites I had just left, her lips curled tight around the cigarette she needed to smoke after sex. She is sprawled out on my bed, amidst the mess and the chaos, the blanket pulled up past her waist, smirking at me.
By Jodi Jones8 years ago in Humans
Elephants Roam North
Something happened. One night, as I came out of my local supermarket, something amazing happened. “Hey, kiddo, got a light?” said a low voice said behind me. The voice lightly put his hand on my shoulder and turned me around to face him and his friends. Both sat on a bench, and a space between them where he had presumably been sat.
By Charlie Hickling8 years ago in Humans
A Wondering Heart
I've only had crushes before you. I never knew what love was. I spent most of my day before I met you pining after guys I was too shy to talk to. I didn't know the difference, then, but I do now. I was infatuated. I knew nothing about them, yet I was crushing hard. I was crushing so hard on people, frankly, I don't think knew I existed. In all honesty, though, I didn't know what I would do if one of my crushes actually liked me back. I have never been on a date. I couldn't afford anything but the pants I needed to get for my school uniform. I never had my first kiss yet, either. In summary, I have just never been in a romantic relationship. I never thought about it then, but I know I would have freaked out in that situation.
By O K8 years ago in Humans
Is Standing by Someone You Love Worth It, Even If It's Wrong?
The conflict of being in love with someone that goes against your values is a mind game that you play with yourself. You end up having constant conversations with yourself, creating a pros and cons type of chart in your head but still coming to one conclusion, does being in love with someone outweigh their immoral compass? Or are you giving them a pass because you're making your love towards them a weakness?
By 8 years ago in Humans
Words They Couldn't Say
For years they struggled back and forth with their unspoken desire for each other, and for years it drained them both. To look at the person you want the most and be unable to tell them how you feel; to see in your mind's eye how good it could be and feel everything that is standing in the way; to be so afraid to shove the internal obstacles aside because you are top scared that to gain something wonderful you could lose everything instead.
By Alexandrea Callaghan8 years ago in Humans