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Jan 5 • General discussion
What Love Is About
Love is a fire,
not because it burns,
but because it must be built.
A spark is easy.
Anyone can strike one.
It’s the tending
that tells the truth.
You don’t start with a log.
You start with what’s small
paper, twigs,
the fragile things
that catch first.
You stay close.
You breathe carefully.
You learn when to feed it,
when to step back.
Too much closeness smothers.
Too much distance goes cold.
Even flame
needs air.
Love asks for time,
not intensity.
For patience,
not gasoline.
The brightest fires
often die first.
What lasts
is quieter:
hands warming,
coffee cooling,
a life shared
without being consumed.
Some fires scar us.
Some teach us how to tend.
Some show us
what we were never given.
Love does not promise forever.
It offers a choice,
again and again
to stay,
to care,
to build.
So choose your fire wisely.
Choose what you’re willing
to tend.
That’s what love
is about.
By Jason Strickland
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What Love Is About
