The Greatest Love Story
is a tale few people know,
because it involves a concept
people are reluctant to discuss,
death.
To love is to live but
while living you're also dying
and while dying you
are also living.
So to enjoy love
one must also have a
soft spot for death.
Are not the stories of
Romeo and Juliet, Jack and Rose,
Sam and Ann, Edward and Bella,
narratives that cause us to
wipe our tears and yearn
for someone to love and be loved by.
But are they not narratives
embedded in the tragedy
that is death?
Do these characters
not reflect loss?
They lost themselves
and in doing so gained
a love only a few
people know.
The Greatest Love Story
is a tale but a tale
worth telling.
Because to love is to live
and as one begins
to live they see no
fear in the loss.
