All we need is love

The romantic love poems of earlier poets and writers have strikingly similar themes to the love songs of our modern time. Love is powerful and is something that can only slightly be described in songs and poems. It is so strong, so needed and so desired for by every living being. It is what drives us in life and what encourages us to go on. All we need is love and with out it we do not exist because we are relational, loving creatures. However these love songs and poems have set the expectations of love on such a high level that is has caused many to fall short when trying to reach it. It is something so strong and intangible that words fail to translate and communicate fully. Our culture has romanticized to such an unrealistic level for humans that it has become the common cause of broken, disappointed and let down hearts. I will focus mainly on the first two lines in Song by C. Day Lewis “ Come, live with me and be my love, and we will all the pleasure prove” these words demonstrate exactly my point. “We will all the pleasure prove” expresses that in finding love and being with the one we love will full fill all our hopes, dreams, desires, and pleasures. “Our other half” it was will complete us. I however do not believe this to be true, we can not set such expectations on another human being it is nearly impossible! There is no way that one person will be able to do all that for you in your life because people will always let us down. I am not trying to be pessimistic because I do one day do hope to find love and be happy but I know not to set all my hopes, dreams, pleasures, and happiness into one person. Were just humans! Such expectations should be set on God and God alone because He is the only one capable of such love. A song expresses the same expectations would be Mario’s “ Let me love you” song the following lines resemble in meaning “You should let me love you, let me be the one to give you everything you want and need”. The poem and song both try to fulfill their lovers EVERY need. As much as one wish they could do that they simply can not we do not have the capacity to do that for another person or vise versa. As romantic and beautiful as words can be they can also be misleading and put ones hopes up so far into a place were they can not reach but I think that our desires have always been the same. Both earlier poets and song writers have expressed that desire and need in the past and present, it will also be expressed in the future because that is what we all want and need. The depths and desires of love are the same that is one thing that never loses its meaning throughout cultures, people or time. Love is endless, unfailing, and everlasting it surpasses the grips of time and is something that will always fulfill humanity because in the end we ALL need love. Its no wonder it is around us every day of our lives.