love - yet again

really! so wat is love all about?

whn do u know tht u have been actually hit by the most famous emotional bomb?
and does it really live up to the expectations of all the eager, hot blooded young men and women?

the dewey eyes of the petite juliet looking down at the handsome and fearless face of romeo, embarking towards the road of eternal love and devotion – till death do them part…well death did come and they ended up fading into the mist of history...

the passion tht had Helen and paris in the grips of rapture so strong that they were ready to take on the wrath of two great cities, and their ruthless emperors…and yet, after 10 years of historical drama, helen was “reinstated” where she rightly belonged…in troy…back to being just a figure of speech… the face that launched a thousand ships!

Keats’ ‘ la belle dame sans merci’ (the beautiful lady without mercy), forced the hero into believing that he had fallen in love with the human externalization of Aphrodite herself…leading him to wander aimlessly in the scorching deserts, searching for her, going without food and water for days together, finally losing his mind, and dying!

Three of the innumerous myths about love, three of the greatest sagas’ of love, and all three ending in tragedy!

Does that give us some hint about love? Does it mean that falling completely, and mindlessly in love, only leads to unfulfillment of life, per se?

Or , does it mean that this love, is such a thing that just falling in it is enough for a human to forgo everything else…that just a few moments spent being truly in love, can facilitate one to live the rest of one’s life…alone...happy and content with just the memories of what had once been?!

Is this the reason why only a few lucky ones have the privilege to experience this mighty gift of our god?

When, I ask my lord, will I be able to let go of myself to another person? someone who will take my very soul in his tender hands and wrap it up with his own….for eternity….

Ah! Heavenly bliss, thy name is... true love!