Love

Is love a mere illusion or an extended state of happiness yearned by the solitary mind longing for companionship from similarly equipped minds? The notion of love arises from the need for acceptance among the societal elements. Forced or otherwise, wedlock for most is the respectable place to look for love. Sometimes it exists and majorly is believed to exist. So what, is love? A chiseled body with perfect display of the sinews and bountiful blessing of fat are supposedly the prerequisites for love to blossom. This blossom grows into a beautiful flower and one day will have to wilt and fall to only be replaced with another blossom! If nature's nature is to change over time, then is love not party to this change? Then what is love? Lust is love. If it weren't, then why would lust ever make room in the minds of those in 'love'? Physical attributes and mental intelligence are polar opposites. It is only fair to want both in the desired lover. It is not considered love by most if physical attributes are the basis for attraction, for they change over time. But is it love if the all-knowing mind changes? To love someone's mind is more dangerous than loving them for their looks. The mind changes every smallest unit of time. Technically, so does love. Now, what is love? How is it pure representation of the heart's truest emotion if it is only imagined, as in the case of forced marriages? What is the measure of the purity of love if it acquires a new flavour at the sight of every new person? How can love be unending if it is different every instant? So, isn't love a mere illusion, in the hope to fulfill the heart's desires of being wanted?