20/20

Started thinking of this on when i was running today haha  

Why is it that these days men are often seen by women as threatening, users, or weak.. rather than leaders, strong and secure? 

And women are seen as a pleasure fulfillment, lacking self worth and an object or easy.. rather than strong, supportive, and beautiful? 

And that both are seen as deceiving or a temporary escape. 

Love has been misunderstood as predominantly physical and lacking fulfillment, it is much more than that. Love is the forgiveness after a fight, love is understanding no one is perfect, yet love does also not take advantage. Love does not leave like a train hopping from station to station.. it is persistent and constant. 

Love is not a coupon to cash in whenever you feel its a good deal. 

It is the old couple you get jealous of, wondering how they did it and hope to do the same. 

Love is like a marathon, it's hard work and you feel like giving up, it might even bring you to your knees forcing you to crawl back. 

However, beauty is seen and strength is gained during the journey, it is not a sprint.. it takes time. 

Its the comfort you find in the little things, it is standing next to you when it seems like everyone else has turned their backs. 

It is holding onto your hand during the storm. True love never leaves your side... yes, It seems commitment and this true Love have been lost in translation. 

But its so hard to see clearly when the glasses given to us by society are the wrong prescription. 

We find value in these "knock off Louboutins". Always trying to strut the best style and envying when others have the latest version. Wanting to take them off and see the world for what it really is, or even start over with some corrective lasik. 

Why are these glasses so tempting and easy to wear? .. because almost everyone has them. 

We all know these prescriptions are skewing our vision and making the eyes given to us worse, and yet we all still hide behind the security of what we think to be normal. 

Then even when we find the right prescription the sad thing is, we still find ourselves putting on the old knock offs, not realizing how funny we look wearing two different pairs with two different prescriptions. 

Its said that eyes are the windows to one's soul ..no wonder why honesty and real connection are hard to come by. Our eyes cannot share their true worth while trying to focus on fallacies.

L.O.V.E the waiting game

Writing a little note for one of my "lil bros" got me thinking about this so i decided to expand and try to write a little..  

You know those moments of desperation and anxiety we all have when it comes to that loaded 4 lettered word.. L.O.V.E. 

Na I'm not talkin the 1,4,3, lyrical hip hop love, sung with cliché hand gestures.. or that jr. high love filled w/ gel penned notes and movies you couldn’t even drive yourself to. 

I'm talking about love that can’t be defined because it's something so unreal it feels like a dream, but at the same time is the realest thing you've ever experienced. 

Taking you on a roller-coaster of other emotions climaxed with the highs then lows of life that can only be experienced when two hearts mold together as one, and every turn is unexpected with a new lesson or challenge... 

The love that after a crazy ride steady's to a long lasting journey that goes way past those early emotions and easy beginnings. 

The love that lasts through hardships until the hour glass is finished. Not like Hollywood romance like that of an ice cube which only lasts till it's melted then moves onto the next one in the tray. 

See, this love we all long for is like reading a good book, a story so enticing you skip ahead.. then once comforted with the words already penned you go back to finish. 

However, our dilemma is we can't skip ahead in life's chapters then go back once reassured by the words written. You see... when life puts love into your story it often comes unannounced. 

Rarely is there a bold billboard on the side of your road flashing "LOVE UP AHEAD PREPARE TO MERGE" Na.. it's usually more subtle and creeps in almost to the point you don't realize it  until it's right in front of your face. 

But all this waiting like a nervous groom is what makes love the precious ride it is. If your special someone were easy to find, they wouldn't seem as significant and cherished. 

It's like searching for gold, if you were to find it every time you looked, it would lose it's value. Yea it sucks sometimes having to read life one page at a time, but ... patience ... wait ... it will make it all worth it once you find your gold. ;)