What is love? Love is an expression used to show affection towards something or someone. Steven Mather says it the best in his poem Love Defined. "Although it's better than the rest, this word can never pass the test; it fails in all capacity to describe the things you mean to me. I need a word that's soft and mellow but painted bright with sunshine yellow I need a word to see my pain a word that's proud, but never vain. I need a word that describes I care, that goes where no one else would dare. I need a word that's fair and just. I need a word of sultry lust. I need a word to hold me tight to comfort me throughout each night. I need a word of fun and play, to greet me as I start each day. I need a word to tell me plain when I'm in error once again. I need a word that's fearless, bold, not slow and weak and tired and old. I need a word of tender touch a word that needs me very much. I need a word that's sparkling new the word is love and I feel it for you." So as you can see love is an extremely powerful word and should not be taken lightly. Most of the time love feels so good but then again love can hurt. I would know better than anyone about this. Not only was I deeply in love, but my heart was torn into pieces; it was defiantly an experience that I would never take back.
             I dated a girl back when I was a sophomore in high school for a year and a half. You could say that we were in love. The only problem was when I was a senior she was a freshman at Pepperdine University. Our love ended up fading away as days went on. Being in college she had more of an advantage of meeting someone new and knowing this drove me absolutely insane. I would say that our still exists but in a different way. It is almost like I have to love her just because she was my first and only love. For me this kind of love is hard to handle, it is hard to deal with the fact that our love had ...