Remember the Shakespearian times? When love used to be more than words, more than feelings, even more than marriage itself? What ever happened to those days?

…Juliet, when we made love you used to cry, you said “I love you like the stars above, I’m gonna love you ’till I die”

For all we know, it’s all legends and tales, but back then love and romance used to mean something. This young boy would fall head over hills for this stranger girl, and dedicate his life for her, through everything, through thick and thin, even if she was the daughter of his own family’s nemesis. Those days, love conquered all… even death, because even after death, they got to be together. Back then “I’m gonna love you ’till I die” really meant that.

Today, romance has lost its meaning. People just don’t welcome self-sacrifice anymore. They just see it as their own selfish way to have the upper hand in the relationship, because it’s all about control these days, and about the selfish pleasure. These days the only important thing is who would get less hurt if things go wrong, or what would they do about it. It’s all about Plan B. People aren’t just comfortable anymore, so they pack up and leave, without even caring for cleaning up the mess they made.

Technology of today doesn’t even make it any better. People go to be as coward as to even break up with their so called lover through a telephone call, instant message, heck, even e-mail, as for not to give the other a chance to defend themselves. I just say that if you had the guts to go in and change somebody’s life by meddling in it, if you’re that bold to go and ask them to be yours and to change their routine for you, at least have the guts to look them in the eye when you walk away, so you can see what you’re really letting go, which in my guess would be one of the few chances life will give you to be happy.

It’s so sad to even think that love has lost respect for its own meaning. It’s so sad to think that even if you feel you found the love of your life, you secretly have to keep your guard up, because people choose to be with us every day, and that same way they can choose to leave. Let’s just pray every day they don’t, and if they do leave, at least pray for them leave an impression instead of a scar.