It Isn't Love If It Doesn't Cost Something
When I was younger, I fell in and out of love with girls from high school through college and into my late 20's. But it wasn’t love. When the initial exciting honeymoon period faded, I dropped the relationship like a bad habit. As soon as there was conflict or I saw something I didn’t like, I headed for the door. And I was happy to be free again. Until I realized I was lonely again, and started searching for someone else. Finally in my late 20's, I stopped looking. The minute I stopped looking, I was confronted with the young man in the mirror. I didn't like what I saw. But I knew there was some good in me: I knew there was something of value. I had been writing poetry since I was in middle school. I started to see myself poured out on those pages. I looked at myself in depth. I could see how I saw the world. I wrote my feelings into concrete form. I saw them on the page and I could see myself on the ...