The Greatest Feeling

it's weird. it makes your heart heavier than lead but your soul light as a feather. it makes you anxious and excited but abnormally calm. it makes you see everything differently. things that used to annoy you are suddenly amusingly sweet. things that you never dreamed of trying are now all you can think about. it changes things. it changes you. it makes the sun brighter, the clouds softer, the sky blue-er, the moon more peaceful, the stars more bold. it changes the notes of your favourite song. it is a strange and magical thing. scarier than your worst childhood nightmare. more thrilling and exhilarating than that roller coaster you still can't believe you ever went on. more moving than the tears of a mother. it's part luck, part destiny, part fate, and part effort. or maybe they're all the same. it's everything you ever wanted and everything you always prayed you would never have to face. we want it. we need it. we strive for it. we run from it. we fear it. we dream of it. we think of it even when we don't realize we are thinking of it. it's what we live for. but more importantly, it's what we die for. it is a part of us. we are a part of it. it is us and we are it. it is love.