July 10th, 2008 by ushinainiu
Love Is Not Enough
The sky is filled with gray clouds. I smell the scent of approaching rain as I walk a street. There are many different kinds of people, young and old, fat and thin, tall and short. I look to one side and I see something that strikes up a controversy in my mind.
I see a couple, both teenagers. They are holding hands, talking and smiling. I look at them intently but they don’t seem to mind. This makes me wonder: Will this relationship last?
People nowadays, even those little kids in grade school, have boyfriends or girlfriends. They learn at a very young age how to become obsessed with the thought of infatuation. There are kids who haven’t even graduated from preparatory school that have a relationship.
I smirk as I think about this. Silly kids. I sigh and look at the sky. There are random light flashes here and there, now and then. I feel a cold drop on my head. It has begun to rain.
I continue to watch the couple. The boy has drawn out an umbrella. I wonder again: Will this relationship last forever? You know, the smoochy- smoochy puppy love relationship that these two people are sharing?
I reflect on this. I stare down, stop walking and sit on a nearby bench. Love isn’t a simple thing. In keeping a relationship, I think that you need something more than love. Yes, you may love your partner, but you don’t trust him. You may love your partner but you don’t dedicate yourself to him. Isn’t this true?
Most people today have experienced break-ups. Pretty much. Some result in one of the people involved committing suicide because of being too heartbroken to move on and accept the fact that her loved one has replaced her already. I sigh again, distraught.
This kind of love has claimed many lives of young lovers.
When we love, we should trust. When we love, we should be loyal and faithful to our partner. When we love, we should not tell lies. When we love, we shoud not be distracted. When we love, we should still keep in mind that we have other responsibilities besides the person. When we love, we should be able to balance everything. When we love, we should dedicate ourselves so we could make the relationship last. When we love, we should not love FAKELY. When we love, we should love TRULY.
Is this how we love nowadays?
I stare at them walking away. I stand up and walk in the opposite direction. I look at them one last time, and bow my head. I hope that what happened to me won’t happen to them.
What did happen to me?
That’s another story.
~from the notes of a paranoid schizophrenical pessimist more commonly known to others as Lei.
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