Love Is Not a Feeling

Love is a way of being in the world.

It is how you look at another soul

and see yourself reflected—

not as mirror,

but as light.

Real love is the stance you take

against the coldness of the world.

It is the vow whispered

not once at an altar,

but every day,

in every quiet act,

every steady breath:

I am here.

I will not turn away.

Because love is not a feeling—

it is the way you choose to live,

to see,

to become.