Question of the day: Why does love always feel like a battlefield?
Yes, I am aware that this is the title of a popular song, but every time I hear it, it gets me thinking. It's not just a battlefield in the sense that you fight with the person you love. It's the whole metaphor of getting ready for and going into battle. When you go into a relationship, you have all of your defenses up and you're ready for a fight- a fight for love, a fight to find the love of your life. And as it goes on, your defenses get torn down and you become more vulnerable and at the same time you get more involved- both emotionally and physically. And at the climax of the battle you either win by finding that love and getting to keep it or you lose by getting your heart broken because you took off all your armor in order to really become involved in this love- but in the end it only hurts you more. But even if you lose, you know you're going to do it again, after you heal from your battle wounds, you realize that it's worth it to find something so valuable.
And thus, I learn my lesson- I've been through the battle. Though my wounds are not yet healed, one day I will be ready to go back in.
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