A few months ago, I had asked my friends to help me compile a list of all the things love can become.
Here is the list*
Love as a feeling
Love as a chemical
Love as an action
Love as a sensation
Love as a connection
Love as companionship
Love as the touch of another
Love as a promise
Love as pain
Love as a sweet thing
Love as something crucial
Love as blindness
Love as the great conqueror
Love as an instantaneous force
Love as something inside the heart
Love as something that keeps you up at night
Love as something that takes your breath away
Love as a selfless act
Love as a lie
Love as a betrayal
Love as possession
Love as an “item”
(arrow, gun, bullet, knife, flower, sinking ship)
Love as manipulation
Love as the greatest form of happiness
Love as someone’s ruin
Love as a threat
Love as power
Love as surrender
Love as hunger
Love as a curse
Love as a flaw
Love as a mistake
Love as motivation
Love as a need to be wanted
Love as a universal experience
Love as nature
Love as the power for growth
Love as a force of creation
Love as rebirth
Love as desire
Love as the muse
Love as an unstoppable force
Love as a need to be seen
Love as a commitment
Love as a capacity
Love as an emptiness
Love as a burden
Love as consumption
cannibalism
Love as rot and decay
Love as destruction
Love as a transformation
Love as something you recognise in others
Love as a reflection
Love as a poison
Love as a means to an end
Love as the thing that completes you
Love as a whole body and mind experience
Love as a force that transcends space and time
Love as a foundation
Love as a home
Love as a mother
Love as a family
Love as a uniting force
Love as the ultimate power
Love as light
Love as God
Love as an eternal thing
Love as a religion
Love as the truth
Love as a secret
Love as a burden
Love as a verb
Love as a practice
Love as a crime
Love as a common fault
Love as something punishable
Love as an abomination
Love as a means against self-hatred
Love as the end
Love as the beginning
Love as the never-ending cycle
Love as something indestructible
Love as an eternal force
Love as an affliction
Love as an addiction
Love as a suffocating presence
Love as a contradiction
Love as an unreasonable cause
Love as an abomination
Love as the destination
Love as a vignette into the past
Love as something in escapable
Love as something learnt
Love as a challenge
Love as forgiveness
Love as patience
Love as a slow, moving creature
Love as an art
Love as the only real faith
*not chronologically ordered from most to least cliche
Furthermore, if we were to group similar themes together...
Classic Interpretations of Love:
Love as a feeling
Love as a chemical
Love as a sensation
Love as an instantaneous force
Love as something that keeps you up at night
Love as something that takes your breath away
Love as something inside the heart
Love as a sweet thing
Love as a lie
Love as pain
Love as blindness
Love as the great conqueror
Love as something that completes you
Love as a whole body and mind experience
Love as a force that transcends space and time
Love as a reflection
Love as a poison
Love as a means to an end
Love as light
Love as God
Love as an eternal thing
Love as the truth
Love as a destination
Love as something learned
Love as an art
..As Action or Relationships:
Love as an action
Love as companionship
Love as a connection
Love as a promise
Love as a selfless act
Love as possession
Love as a commitment
Love as a uniting force
Love as a foundation
Love as a family
Love as a home
Love as a mother
Love as a practice
Love as a common fault
Love as an abomination
Love as something you recognise in others
...As an Emotionally Charged Act:
Love as motivation
Love as something crucial
Love as a need to be wanted
Love as someone's ruin
Love as a threat
Love as hunger
Love as a curse
Love as a flaw
Love as a secret
Love as an affliction
Love as an addiction
Love as a challenge
....As Abstract Concepts:
Love as a force of creation
Love as rebirth
Love as desire
Love as the muse
Love as a force that transcends space and time
Love as a universal experience
Love as a means to an end
Love as an eternal force
Love as an indestructible force
Love as an unreasonable cause
Love is many things and hopefully a universal experience.
Love is a rush. Love is what keeps me up at night.
Happy loving x
-swan
Love is a tree. It keeps me grounded. It has deep, long roots.