Here’s an attempt to describe romance in a contemporary world,

If only love was as easy as pulling a bunny out of a hat. But you may have to acknowledge a certain magic to it or at least learn the trick of the trade.

Love is so much more.

As children we would blush to the sound of the word, romance. As children we would daydream and it left us more curious of what it would be like to be under the influence of love.

A girl once put it this way, “Immediate replies”

Do pixels contain purity? What’s hidden behind an emoji? Do real emotions get past the horizons of a display? While we endlessly catch up a conversation with a loved one through the medium of a screen, how much of it is actually true? I had trust issues with romance in the age of the internet.

I prefer rom-coms on a Saturday night than a murder mystery. FYI-

The following might be a comparison of a movie type romantic scenario and the actual event.

We’d like to picture a perfect candle light dinner for two in a corner of an Italian restaurant. But the truth about us being wrapped around each other’s arms and laughing to our favourite TV show is still adorable and is intended to carry out the bond we cherish.

I’d like to think about a flawless slow dance in the bright lights of a hundred chandeliers. But the truth about us awfully dancing at your small apartment while the fairy lights in your room unintentionally set the mood for creating a memory. There’s beauty to everything.

While these beautiful events lighten up our lives. I wonder why, why would mankind succumb to find heartbreak more relatable than romance?

Maybe it was every man’s fate to fall for this age-old bait. Equal proportions of beauty and betrayal. Two different hearts left yearning for hurts to be healed. Over the years the different ways in which we showcased romance, I’d like it if a couple could forgive each other’s mistakes, learn to accept their flaws and lived together. The breakup and the drama is a curse. Stand up and fight for what you love. You might have to forgive. You might have to forget. There might be a phase of uncertainty but you have what it takes to get through it. Love can help get through rough seas. Love can help you get through those darkest nights. Love can help you endure through hardships.

Love is everything you need.

Love can heal.

Love can mend your broken heart.

Love to me was confusing.

Love to me was beyond reach.

Yet a girl way out of my league was mine to love.

When our eyes met for the first time. My heart was pounding. Racing against the odds of gravity. I was breathless but I was sure I had never felt this way before.

As we agreed to go out, every day was something to look forward. Mornings texts made you blush. Your lunch made me happy. I’d walk you till the corner of your street hoping none of your neighbours see us together.

Our first picture together was something of a masterpiece-magical memory itself. I couldn’t stop looking at it. You tried to edit by drawing hearts and writing cheesy captions. It was so adorable. I mean, most of our friends couldn’t stop fan-girling over the fact that we were together. While some just wished we split.

Some days, we were tangled up in each other’s arms in the back of our school auditorium just hoping we get to spend a little more time together.

One of those nights I stayed up talking to you, I realised none of our conversations made sense. They didn’t matter but we talked about how few years down the road we’d be living in the same house and growing a family of our own. To think about it was scary yet surreal.

There were times, I’d pick up my guitar and just sing for you over a video call. And then there were times, you decided to bake a batch of cookies with a little heart on it. These moments are precious to me.

When our families came to know, it was hard for your parents to believe that their daughter would date a screw up, a nobody and wanna be comic. We tried to fight the odds and keep pushing. I hate to admit but my first heartache left me lovesick. Writing felt easy with a broken heart. But love is also what gives me the strength to push forward and believe.

Your secrets and our memories are safe with me.

I wish I could describe it but I would fail.

Love is two hearts becoming one.

Love is sacrifice.

Love is enduring together through hardships.

Love is fighting for what you believe.

Love is creating memories.

Love is forgiveness.

Love is sharing a meal together.

Love is raising a family.

Love is buying groceries.

Love is coming back home to you.

Love is the bond we intend to keep.

Love is sitting through the fart of your other half.

Love is laughing at your lame jokes.

Love is looking beyond your flaws.

Love is standing by your dreams.

Love is watching you succeed.

Love is sharing the same wallpaper.

Love is late night calls.

Love is back and forth texts.

Love is sending memes.

Love is sing at the top of our lungs.

Love is to share our Netflix account.

Love is to take portraits for you.

Love is to buy something for you.

Love is a hand-made birthday card.

Love is a letter you wrote from high school.

Love is what you dream about.

Love is precious.

Love is beautiful.

Love is unchanging.

Love is everything.

Love is like Oatmeal. It sustains you.

(Said the Captain of the 99th precinct)

Love could lie in the realm of endless possibilities for two hearts to unite.

I wish to leave this for you to think.

What has this world become?

When being single is celebrated as much as love should be. Why do people succumb to find heartbreak much more relatable than true love? Why don’t we be the change we wish to see?

The beauty of this feeling is that it has an enormous potential to heal. Afterall, we are just hoping to be accepted, to be loved.

Love can change the world

Love can change you