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Love’s Metamorphosis

Love is many things, but one thing it is not is static.
It has a life of its own and wisdom centuries old.
It morphs, changes and evolves through various levels.
It is true that you can never direct the course of love;
For as the caterpillar cannot go back once it becomes a butterfly,
Such is life and such is love.
Once on the path, the only direction to proceed is forward.
Just as some butterflies take years to undergo their metamorphosis,
So do some lovers last a lifetime wrapped ever so tightly in their cocoon.
However if the transformation were to occur
And love transcends from romantic to platonic,
Take comfort in all that you did share and experience.
To discard the memories and emotions invested is the real shame,
Not the end of a connection based solely on the physical.
You may mourn the loss of a lover,
But why not rejoice in the birth of an intimate friendship.

October 17, 2006 - NV

posted by Natalie Vartanian @ 10:29 AM