Love and Reality

Beyond watching eyes
With sweet and tender kisses
Our souls reached out to each other
In breathless wonder
And when I awoke
From a vast and smiling peace
I found you bathed in morning light
Quietly studying
All the messages on my phone

When I read this text entitled "Love Poem" in Banksy's Wall and Piece, it was a true revelation. We all sink into a deep hole of denial when we are in love. We stare into eachothers eyes and become lost in collectivity. But when we awake, we find love very different to what we saw it with rose-tinted glasses. We smile at our loved ones, but behind that smile: are we really happy? Do we really know our loved ones as well as we think and more importantly, do we know ourselves enough to trust somebody else we are infatuated with?

We say that we love people, but underneath it all, we may not trust them. Therefore, the morning after pill comes in the form of reality. We check our loved ones phones because we love them, but we don't trust them. We force ourselves to believe that we do, but this simply isn't enough.

They tell us that they love us, but they don't know what love means. They tell us that they are happy, but they are deluded. They could tell us anything in the world, and not mean it. There comes a time with someone that you love, where you question whether they are faithful.

Words are the most beautiful thing that you can use, but words are nothing without actions. And when you find the words you held dear expressed to someone else, believe me when I say, you act.