Paradox Of An Expensive Noun

Archana Bhakta
2 min readSep 16, 2021

How many times have you fallen in love?

How many times your heart had broken?

We have grown up reading the tragic literature of Romeo and Juliet. I mean no disrespect, but why is it so popular? Yes, it has beautiful language, sword fighting, love, and tragedy.

Aren’t all love stories tragic in their way?

You were in 6th grade, a boy with brown hair and grey eyes became your project partner, and you swoon his smile as forever beautiful scenery. Until you realize he will shift to the next city.

There goes your puppy crush.

Meredith Grey from Grey’s Anatomy said, “At the ripe old age of 13, I was very clear that love, like life, is about making choices, and fate has nothing to do with it. Everyone thinks it’s so romantic. Romeo and Juliet, true love, how sad. If Juliet was stupid enough to fall for the enemy, drink the bottle of the poison and go to sleep in a mausoleum, she deserved whatever she got!”

Bitter but sweet!

Some people define ‘true love.’

What does that even mean?

When you love someone, even for a short period, pour the most profound nectar of words to their ears, breathe the scent in the crook of their neck, plump a forehead kiss, that love is pure, genuine, and naïve.

A mother’s kiss to her baby is the same as the girlfriend’s hug to his lover.

Well, most people would beg to differ, but I’m conflicting that love holds the same morality in any language with any person. It is pure, unequaled, and infinite.

If you can’t put a value on someone’s effort, the same way, you can’t describe the depth of love.

You can fall in love with as many people as you can, and you will feel it differently each time. It will make you realize new things. It will make you brave and more assertive in faith.

In all honesty, I don’t know why I penned this down.

But the heart is a fragile thing, and love strengthens it (or weakens it). I leave it to you.

You can love two people differently. It will still never be enough for you.

Love, like mind. Like the sun and moon. Like the sea and shore. Like the stars and galaxies. Like you and me, revive to go deeper for the sake of being affectionate and desired to feel a little lively.

Oh, don’t forget to love, with the plants, sky, sun, books, and yourself.

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Archana Bhakta

a self proclaimed writer | baby face with an old soul