The romance of scars and scabs

I'm not a fan of anything classified even remotely as romantic: not in the traditional sense and most certainly not in any interpretation given reference to under modern thought and meaning. I don't read the books or listen to the music and it's more than once that I've dozed through a movie which presented an usually persistent exchange of oral fluid. ver mind my particular aversion to chocolate and the fact that flowers can have me in bed for a week as the result of an allergic reaction. Cheesy violin music and intense looks that last up to twenty minutes at a time could only be irritating to someone such as myself who's entire CD collection is introduced by song titles like "If you don't love me, lie to me." and "Heartbreak Hotel".

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What is Love?

Chiedza Mangiza talks about the definition of love and what it means to her.

"If God is love, then that means that I know Him ;and that you know him. Love has to be birthed, like in a moment when you see beauty in someone's heart, or when a parent brings a child into this world.

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The dynamics of "love"

Love is everywhere: the airwaves (radio & TV music), cyberspace, magazines, books, and one-on-one encounters. It is simply everywhere. I started hearing the 'love' phrase when I was an adolescent.

Richard Mbuthia on the meaning and worth of true romantic love . Read the rest here.