Questions of Love

Would I be so demanding of someone I loved?

Would I crack the whip and demand “perfection” everyday?

Would I use tricks to manipulate them to behave the way I wanted?

Would I tell them they can be happy only when they achieve their goals?

Would I scold them for their emotions and tell them to shove them away?

Would I call their interests and curiosities silly and tell them to focus?

Would I question their trustworthiness and values?

Would I make rules upon rules and put them into a box with little space?

Would I organize all of their actions into “good” or “bad”?

Would I tell them they are a specific way and can not be anything else?

Would I advise them to give in to their fears and not be courageous?

Would I make them live boring day after boring day?

Would I tell them that there is no hope for them?

Would I ignore their wants and desires?

Would I make them value themselves based on what others say?

Would I constantly compare them to others?

Would I want them to put on a fake smile?

Would I ask them to put on a facade?

Are any of these things what I would do to someone I love?

Do I do these things to myself?

Do I love myself?

Do you love yourself?

These are the questions of love.

If you love yourself, set yourself free.

Let the sunrise!