Don't go by like you have no fear.
Don't walk like you're all there when you're not.
Don't put on a mask of sunshine.
Don't force a look of awe even when you see the magician's trapdoor.
That's a disservice to love.
It's a feeling, you know?
Not a show!
It won't benefit you.
Instead, I urge you,
Love scared.
Love trembling.
Love with your lips muttering tired clichés.
Love with your fingers crossed so hard that your bones crack.
Love with your knees on the ground begging for God to not pull a quick one on you.
The movies and books will tell you to be a soldier.
I agree!
But soldiers fear war too.
Will you not also cling to what you have decided to fight for?
Will you not also desperately wish that all that you hold stays and not go?
Love is not tainted by us being scared, my friends.
It won't be ruined by simply realizing the fleetingness of it all.
If it was that easily vandalized, it won't be as impactful.
There's a reason why all religions build on it.
It's sacred for a reason.
So love fully.
Love despite it all.
I know that humanity cannot be fully trusted.
But I am not asking you to trust humanity.
I am asking you to trust love.
I am asking you to trust the very force that puppets us all.
