L'Amour

I want to fall in love.

I want real love; ridiculous, inconvenient, all-consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love. I want love that starts like a fairy tale - full of wonder and a little bit of magic.

I want a spark to ignite that will yank me right out of the lulled, waking-dream state life has me in and catapult me into a heightened state of reality. I want to be set on fire. I want to feel that undeniable feeling when your heart swells with compassion, understanding, and joy. I want to know, deep down in my heart of hearts, that this is love.

I want to give love, receive love, feel love, be love. To be so overwhelmed with love that nothing else matters any more; there is no pain, no heartache, no self-doubt, no loneliness.

I want more than fraternal love, more than platonic love. I want a love that surpasses the casual, puppy-dog love. I want honest, romantic love. A love that reaches down into my very soul.

I want someone to love me. In the take-me-as-I-am kind of way. I want someone to love me completely, where I am, right now, in this moment, and at the same time challenge me to be a better person. To change me into a better person just by loving me.

I want to be in love. I'm so ready to be in love.