Love and Love's Object

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Ok, this is a story I started this morning.... I call it "Love and Love's Object". It's not anywhere near done yet, but lemme know what you think...?

Love and Love's Object

This is the story of Love and Love’s Object. And how Love became the object of affection for Love’s Object.

It all started when Love was but a young girl of about fifteen. Having no clear assurance of her identity, Love was confused. She tried to name herself a few different things, such as; “Like” or “Crush”. But none of them stuck. Deep down, she knew her name was “Love”, but she was insecure about this notion. Not wanting to step out in that identity, she hid behind the guises of “Like” and “Crush”.

You see, Love was scared. She had seen “Crush”, “Like”, and even “Infatuation” try to take on the identity of “Love” and always did they fall. Love saw that Crush, Like and Infatuation could never be anything except what they were, and they could never take on the identity of Love. And every time they try to take on Love’s identity, they are only stabbed and cause themselves pain and agony. What Love failed to realize is, that it is not only painful for Crush, Like and Infatuation when they try to be something they’re not, but it is also painful for Love when she tries to take on the personalities of Like, Crush or Infatuation.

But, as was stated before, Love didn’t realize this, and so she continued to attempt her impersonations of her three companions. For they are friends; Love, Crush, Like and Infatuation. They all walk together. However, were not Love there walking among them the other three are not grounded. They float around with their heads in the clouds without clear direction or vision of what is and what isn’t.

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And so Love continued on through the early stages of her existence, unsure of who she was. Knowing only that Love’s Object intrigued her. Struggling in her quest to find out just to what depth she was captivated by him, and to discover if, perhaps, she was the object of affection for Love’s Object.



Sometimes the actions of Love’s Object caused Love to believe that he was intrigued by her. Yet, because she also walked closely with Logic, she did not simply assume it to be so. She would test each of Crush, Like and Infatuation, asking them if they thought that Love’s Object was intrigued. If any one of them said yes, she knew that it was through their eyes that she was seeing, and not her own. Knowing that she can only trust the vision of herself on such matters, she would step back and take back the assumption that he was, indeed, not interested.



When this happened, it did cause Love some amount of grief, as she did so want to be the object of affection for Love’s Object. For some time, she would try and take matters into her own hands, doing what she thought would cause Love’s Object to take note. However, whenever this was done, it only ever served to turn Love’s Object farther away; causing Love more grief. However, she never gave up hope, as Love cannot help but walk with Hope always.



Hope caused Love much anguish. You see, each time Love’s Object turned away, she would walk alongside Pain for a time. Pain and Logic told Love that she should just give up; that Love’s Object would never take note of her. And yet, even though what Pain and Logic were saying made sense, Hope never left her. No matter how many times Love tried to push Hope away, Hope was always there. Pushing Love on, helping her endure.



It didn’t take Love long to give up on her attempts at getting Love’s Object to pay her attention. Do understand, this does not mean that Love quit; for Love endures all things. But she did stop in her own futile actions. She soon realized that it would take something outside of herself to cause Love’s Object to notice.



And so she re-directed her quest. No longer was she in search of a “what if” but rather a “what can”. Not “What if Love’s Object notices?” but, “What can cause Love’s Object to see?”. When she re-directed herself as such, Hope was strengthened, and the haze of vision that Crush, Like and Infatuation would put over her eyes was becoming more clear. Logic also was satisfied by this new course of direction. And so, she searched.



Along the way, Love met many people claiming to be able to cause Love’s Object to notice her. Some of these people were; Lust, Depression, and Lies. However, Love paid them no mind, for she knew that, though they may be able to capture the attention of Love’s Object, they would not be able to hold it. And if they failed to hold it, the goal was not reached.



As she searched, Love never tired, though her companions began to weary some. The search had already taken quite some time, and Hope was beginning to fade. It never faded entirely though, for Long Suffering was also along for the journey, as was Faith. These two stood on either side of Hope, holding her up, as she supported Love