Love is a Sick Thing

So, I wrote this one day on my phone after having witnessed much too much PDA on campus. It was sickening, and thus was this little exposition born. Although, now that I read over it, it doesn't seem so negative as I originally intended. Oh well.



Love is a sick thing.

It toys with the mind like a cat with a lizard, leaving it broken and dejected without hope.

People cry: But love is pure and just! It doesn’t seek harm!
I scoff and shake my head, making no reply. Yes, it is those things to begin.
But look! Look at its endings!

Would something of noble cause require a woman to throw away her hard-earned freedom bestowed by the feminist movement?
Would something so esteemed work a man to death to provide for those he loved, only to have him die penniless and alone?

No answer, I hear from the masses.
How can they or anyone answer such examples, except to claim: bad examples! Or way-falls of fate?!
Such claims are childish or selfish at best, only willing to see the good, and discount the bad. But we cannot live naively, or risk missing out on what life has to offer.

I may sound to you as a bitter, despondent member of the unloved. You may spit at my truthful display of despair…
But heed this last warning, if you will: love is sick, it is true, but all the hate in the world brings no bittersweet joy as that heralded by the swift embrace of love. For love is many things, but useless is not one of them.

And even I, who despise love’s horrible countenance, wish yearningly for its tenderly twisted embrace.

So take care of love, do not forget the fall, because falling in love may sound enjoyable, but I daresay pain awaits you at the bottom.

Yet…may-hap the pain is what makes the risk worth taking…if only one wishes to try.

Well written.
I won't go into much detail, but my thoughts of love are: You don't show love unless your after something or want something in return.
All the best.

We often hear love spoken about as a magical and wonderful thing. Few consider the negative sides of it. This was a jarring point of view that made this very interesting.

I do think you could extend this. Just give examples of what you're talking about--for example when you mention a woman throwing away her freedom and a man dying penniless and alone.

Actually, you could even make this the beginning of a story. But that's your call.

Thanks for the reviews peeps.

Enigma: That is a splendid idea, thank you very much.

--Bailey