To Have Loved

Falling in love is as easy as breathing.

Staying in love is like standing on the beach and having the tireless waves caress you.

But to have loved is painful like having a spiked knife twist inside your soul.
To have loved is like seeing death in the face but even he rejects you.
To have loved is like a cold winter night gnawing you alive.

I have fallen in love the same way, stayed in love the same way and when he left me broken I can say I have loved the same way.