9:45 pm

What is love?

Love is being depressed about what has been.

Love is being anxious about what could be.

Love is being at peace with what is.

Love is hope.

Hoping the next day will be brighter than this one.

Hoping that waking up is a blessing and not a burden.

Hoping that starting over is not failure but growth.

Hope is energy.

Energy to initiate again.

Energy to do what has been done a thousand times and never got the desired reciprocity.

Energy to understand this will be different but may not be better.

Energy is patience.

Patience to learn about someone new, their flaws, and their insecurities, for this is what makes them shine.

Patience to care about emotions as if it were as fragile as life itself.

Patience to love the self as the self loves others.