The Journey of Love

… not for the faint hearted, the fearful or the conformist, love takes no prisoners, it is ruthless, unbending and unyielding in its pursuits. One minute there is peace, serenity and calm and the next minute, with no warning an almighty turmoil descends, sweeping along everything in it’s path, not a second to catch the breath.

Love has no respect for the status quo, it strikes at the most unlikely time, in the most unlikely place, to the most unlikely people. Love is blind, blind to every set norm, love is gripping and grabbing, demanding attention and fulfilment. Love is persistent, the journey is intense, exhilarating and dangerous, the duration is unknown, the destination is a mystery. Love travels at the speed of lighting as you hold on for dear life. Yes, dear life! As the very life is at risk in the journey of love. No journey known to man provides such pleasure, such flavour, such intensity, such punch, yes it hits hard, in all the hidden sensitive parts. Love is mad, raging mad, at least to the uninitiated it is, it makes no sense, it conforms to nothing, answers to no one and does its own thing. Love is the lord of its own travel, the master of its destination. He alone understands its purpose. It’s aim is as mysterious as it’s sudden appearances. What commotion it causes in an otherwise orderly life and civilised society?

At the same time, how bland and boring is a life without love? How listless and unsatisfying is a loveless life, lacking the energy and umph that gives life it’s fire. Fire indeed is what love brings, fire heals, lightens and cooks but also burns, burns badly and causes irredeemable damage. Who can carry fire in his busom and not get burn? Like a roller coaster ride it takes the heart through every conceivable and inconceivable twist and turns, high and low, width and breath, depth and height. And just like that, with a sudden thump the journey ends, the break is pulled, the heart comes to a halt, the ride is over, the fair moves to the next city.

And what was that all about? Who knows?