It saddens me when people act like you cannot love anyone as deeply as you love your romantic partner. I know I have never felt the inclination to have one but people are so convinced that romance is the height of love, they think this means I will never fall in love.
But I have fallen in love, I am in love, and I fall deeper every day. I have looked at this girl as if she put the stars in the sky, stared into her eyes as if they held the secrets of the universe, felt as if the weight of the world had been lifted off my shoulders at the sound of her laugh. Why should the intensity of my love be decided by my desire to kiss her ? Why should I not let myself be entranced by her very existence simply because I do not want a romantic relationship with her ? I have fallen in love with this girl the moment I met her, over 6 years ago, and still fall deeper everytime she crosses my mind. Everytime I share a small smile or a look with a friend, that I lay a hand on their shoulder or lean against their side, I fall in love with them a little bit more. Everytime we spend hours just listening to one another rant about things no one else would want to hear about, I fall in love with them a little bit more. Everytime we share playful banter, have snowball fights even though we are now adults or do stupid things for the sole reason that it would amuse the other, I fall in love with them a little bit more. Everytime we send each other things, simply because our first thought when seeing them was of each other, I fall in love with them a little bit more. Is "I thought of you when you were not there because you never truly leave my mind" not the purest expression of love ? And I really do fall in love with them, bit by bit, until I can no longer imagine a life without them, until they seem to have put the stars in the sky, until their eyes hold the secrets of the universe and until the sound of their laugh lifts the world off my shoulders.