Love is indestructible.....

I can't remember where, when or how I got this, I was just checking my old documents folder, and there it was, Well, here it is anyway, so, hope you like it.

Love is indestructible. It's holy flame forever burneth; from Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth."
Robert Southey.

Spring finally kicked in after a Winter which had taken the role of an annoying relative who had overstayed his holiday vacation. 

Spring finally came around, as it always has and always will? It's a forever kind of thing, like the stars and a new morning every few hours. 

Humans don't understand forever. They are not like the stars and the moon and the sun, they are not like Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter,.. they don't understand eternity and they fear their heads might dissolve should they ever try to understand it, to grasp the true and pure meaning of 'forever'.

Whether we believe in the after life, heaven or not, here on earth; our lives are small, fragile and so very short. In this world, forever is like an expensive gift card with an expiring date which basically removes the whole point of it being for forever doesn't it?

Our promises are no grander than an olive green leaf in the Amazon trying to hold the zillions of raindrops from the pouring rain.

And our love? Well that's as constant as a teens sworn loyalty to Justin Bieber, a band or brand without knowing what the future holds.

But you know what? This is what makes it all worth it; Our human inability to accomplish that one thing that our entire being agrees to do at that one moment, whether it be a promise or to love forever.

Our willingness and effort is as pure and honest as that of six year old who promises in the darkness of his bedroom to never wet himself at school, only to find himself the next day again wearing 'the extra' pants handed to him by his disapproving teacher.

I think that the fact that it's so hard to get things right in the short time that we are blessed with makes every effort that more precious.

I guess what I'm trying to say is,.. why can't we stay together,.. forever? Well, because we can't, but as i looked into his eyes and promised him my love forever, i meant it. 

And when he smiled and held me tight and close to his heart, his mortal heart , i knew that he knew that my forever could never be as permanent and bullet-proof as the stars nor the moon nor the sun but as pure and honest as that very moment when our hearts beat in tune with one another and that that meant more than anything the universe could ever promise him.

“At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at the heart, the source is always the same. 

Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds.”

What does forever and promises mean in your world?

What does loving forever mean when passed from your lips?

P.s I've missed you :)