Love is...

When I was asked, 'what is love'? I abruptly said, 'Love is..' without finishing, I was silenced. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko durugtungan o paano ko sasagutin. Because love comes at many ways. And the way how I give definition to it, may be different to how others may understand.

Basta ang alam ko, we may give definition to love base on how we experience it. Para sa mga taong nagmamahal at naghihintay ng kapalit, love is conditional. Para sa mga taong nagmamahal nang walang hinihinging kapalit, for them, love is unconditional.

For those men who love guys, and those women who love girls, for them, love knows no gender.

Gano'n nga siguro yung love, binibigyan natin ng definition base sa pinagdaanan natin o sa kung anong ipinaranas satin nito.

Para naman sa mga pedophile, love is lust. On the other hand, sa mga nagmahal ng mas bata o mas matanda sa kanila, love knows no age.

For those who were pierced by cupid's arrow, o sa mga taong tinamaan ng pag-ibig sa taong hindi naman ganoon kagwapo o kaganda sa societal standards, para sa kanila, love is blind.

Sa mga hindi sinwerte, o di nasuklian yung pagmamahal, love is a headache. Sabi pa nga ng iba, masarap pa ang buhay single because love is fucked up.

Sa mga taong nagmamahal without even knowing why, love is an indescribable feeling.

When holding on to a person full of flaws and imperfections, love is acceptance.

How mystifying love is. Napakaraming definition. Nakakahilo, nakakalito, nakakabaliw isipin kung anong totoo. Hindi mo na alam ang tama. Pagmamahal 'yan eh, minsan nga hindi mo na alam ang dahilan kung bakit. Ang alam mo lang, nagmamahal ka.

Truly, love comes at many ways. (And then someone flicked off my ears and I suddenly lost my delusion)

"What is love?", he asked.
After a long defeaning silence, ano nga ba ang love para sa'kin?

'Love is...'
I finally uttered '...magical' (with happiness manifested on my eyes).

'Love is magical in a way that you can't even explain and understand the magic that, that holds.'

Indeed, love is limitless full of definitions.

And then I woke up in a fairy tale, living my ordinary single day.