Impossible Love
How can I love you? Is it possible to love while being in love with another, or maybe a little different, is it possible to be in love while loving another? It is (sometimes) difficult to separate the two concepts and even more impossible to combine them. Is it not obvious that one leads to the other? Can a blunt knife sharpen itself? Of course not. Love is a knowledge. We are not born with it. From birth we are taught to love. In the beginning it most probably is a confusion of our infantile dependence but slowly we differentiate between our feeling for a doll, the house cat or dog and special people around us. We play, test and experiment. In ignorance we trip over puppy love. We are stupid, honest and fearless. The confusing pain and emptiness of a love that inexplicably dies leaves us feeling foolish, pained and scared. But we learn! Never again will we openly declare our love. Neither show it. We nurture it within ourselves -- distant love. We collect pebbles and build a wall ar