Mad Rantings: What's Love Got To Do With It?

Somebody asked me the most peculiar question this morning.

'How do you define love?'

I was overtaken by sheer shock, I almost stumbled on my carpet ..
It is a slippery carpet, what can I say...

Doesn't help that I've just woken up. See, I'm all subdued in the morning and yes, just maybe, I am dramatizing a little.
Well, I thought you'd like it spicyyyy!! ;=D

But whoa!! Time out. Back to the question.
Heck, does he know to whom he is talking to?

It is indeed, I. Elle. Sheri.
Ms Clueless. Ms Walking-In-Circles. Ms Never-Really-Getting-Anywhere-In-The-Love-Department..
*shakes head*

But funnily, that was an initial reaction.
Developed out of habit most likely. *rolls eyes*

Wanna hear a shocker?

A light bulb actually flashed in my head... very dim.. but a bulb nevertheless..

Oh-oh!
But this bulb, right... it speaks to me.. It brings to me a sea of emotions, so to speak. So I do, as I always do. I closed my eyes in order to see.. and this is what I saw. Ready?

"Magic.

Pain.

Joy.

Craving.

Excitement.

Desire.

Sacrifices.

Happiness.

Magic."

Let me tell you though.. the experience got me gasping for air.
I felt like I was drowning. Maybe I was.
At the end, I was like "Phheww.. Intense!"

Then the bulb asked me.. *yes, in my world, bulbs can talk*..
"Sheri, tell me how is it that YOU can feel these emotions?"
Well, I guess this bulb fancy itself, a pyschologist of sorts..

"Right. Okay," I thought to myself. "I can answer this."
I have aced like a gazillion job interviews with sombre suits. I can definitely handle a bulb, right..?

Then it hit me. Bloody bulb. The fricking truth.
Just when I have found myself a charming little corner to hide in.

"I.. think I might... be in love.. bulb..."
I spoke in a voice so timid, even Mickey would be impressed.

'Might? Might? What do you mean might?? I'll show you 'might'" roared the bulb.

I cowered and then in a moment it comes again.
That drowning feeling.
Stupid bulb.

So yes.
That's a confirmation, I guess. Hell, I might still be in self denial now. But hey, you know and I know how tough that bulb is.. 'Falter' is the word that comes to mind.

Anyho, back to the guy and his question.
I tried and I tried but I could not say anything that would justly define love. I guess you have to feel it to know it.
Private emotions, isn't that what they call it? =)

So.. I did, what someone once did to me....
when I asked him what love means...
He sent me a poem, so beautifully written, it left me breathless..

'Love ..
It is that which resides within me, which permeates my very being.
It is revealed in everything that I do..
It has no reservation, it imparts no judgement.
It transcends life's short-falls through the relentless pursuit of happiness.
It aspires to reach enlightenment and leaves a legacy of heart-felt conviction.'
-CMB

Enlightened, I'm sure. =)

Love,
Sheri