Just as material things have reaped counterfeit, comparison in sight, never mind the cutback on quality... so has love manifested false truths, Ideal in looks, size, even shape, but the ingredients, the quality, never one in the same.
Our idea of Love manifested in some unfortunate ways, romantic novels, movies, quotes, Instagram stories and even Facebook posts. A few of the ways, so called made to entertain, shoved loved out our hearts and sent the counterfeit to our brain.
The counterfeit love mainly seeks to please self, what the other has to offer to your physical, mental or emotional wealth. It deals with ownership and possession, see I love you, but as long as you're here with me, if you leave, then you can no longer fulfil my need. And simple things make you tell yourself your love is true, of course you're gonna be concerned about the others health, they're no good to you unless they're ok themselves.
This counterfeit love bears only sour fruit, from the results to the children who learn these false truths. Anxiety and pain, expectations and complaints, lauding an individual with empty compliments to fill the silence in your union, material possessions, monetary gifts used to fill the gaps for these knockoff relationships never truly fits.
If a gift is not given, then love can turn to hate, if a birthday is forgotten, if you purchase silk instead of satin. The counterfeit takes many forms, material monsters who crave tangibility, emotion leeches, who crave the compliments, reassurance in self, for they haven't found love within themselves. It turns a void to be filled by someone else, the person who contributes most gets chosen to be used, counterfeit love, selfish abuse.
If love is not manifested from within then you'll be without, and everyone has turned a minister of Love, expressing the qualities of this counterfeit to be true, without reasonable doubt. A marionette's love, one with strings attached, the person you once loved, the person you now hate, easy transition, counterfeit characteristic, no debate.
The idea that one man or woman can satisfy all your needs is selfish and unfair, trying to change somebody to give them your own flair, you don't love them for who they are, but rather who you think they can be, those expectations immediately break down your reality.
When you accept who and where you are, and know that you have the potential for growth, you give individuals that same respect, you expect nothing and appreciate more. The gifts no longer mean I love you, but is an extention of the love they bear.
No more jealousy and the clinginess it bears, true love births trust, acceptance, vulnerability, no lust. Find true love within, or you might forever be without, let's give real love a try, let's have a counterfeit drought.
By Paul B. Peddie
July 28, 2017.
This is such a good piece! I LOVE IT! I have read this over and over again! I wish my writing skills were as good as yours 😩
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