Love is a Weapon
*before you start, put on some music to set you in the mood*
I find myself thinking about that phrase more than I would have wanted to. I’ve thought about it from many different angles and it makes… sense.
Love is a weapon
Looking at it literally, every weapon assumes the potential to cause danger, to destroy and in the same light, weapons can be used for protection, they can be a tool for self assurance, a means for peace of mind, trust.
Love is a weapon
….and every weapon is harmless until its owner says otherwise. The course of action for every weapon is dependent on its owner, much akin to love. People abuse the power that comes with love for selfish reasons, some for the fun of it. The way I see it, it’s like having an AK-47 and shooting up schools for the fun of it, when you could’ve used it to protect the school.
Love is, a weapon
A weapon that has hurt many in the battlefield, which begs the question as to why there’s a battleground in the first place. We have become accustomed to approaching the issue of love from a very confrontational and weighted perspective. You find yourself getting attracted to someone and you feel the need to be recluse with your feelings, becoming insecure and overtly aware about the balancing of gestures between you and your prospective counterpart, even when YOU are the one falling in love. No one wants to be hurt (again, if ever), so we weaponize love, our love. By not saying everything we want to say, deliberately holding back ourselves in our intentions for those we have that tingly feeling for, we are forgetting what love is in the first place.
Love is, a weapon
Many like me, maintain a naïve perception of love. We grew up on Hollywood’s presentation of love. Love at first sight, love by company and the many other highly unrealistic and (by experimentation) impractical narratives. But as corny and cringe as most romance movies are, they always manage to get a smile on our faces. That’s the power of love, when it flourishes rightly. Love can heal the greatest wounds. Love can repair the greatest destructions, protect the greatest treasures…
Love is, a weapon
Love is, your weapon
