The Lover’s Ethic #2

Don’t listen to them, my humble readers, even when they say unto you ”love is not about being guarded and building a fortress, you can’t fall in love if you’re so guarded”. “Stop being so guarded, let down your arms” they shout, and you must smile, nod and walk away from them. They don’t know, they are foolish these clowns, these drifters and decaying bodies. Build the biggest guard possible, just make sure you’ve left out a space for a door somewhere. Even the mightiest castle and fortress conceivable needs a door, a door for your own escape, and that door is all one needs for love. Don’t listen to them, my humble readers, they would much rather have you fight with them until the last breath, these clowns, than love you. They are comical, these fools, they make for great jest. But, do not hate them my humble readers, have empathy for them, they do not know, they are foolish. Life has been unfair to them, it has not given them enough strength to love. They condemn life, and they condemn you, but do not repay them with the same treatment. Life knows not about fair and unfair, these distinctions are much too anthropomorphic to be applied to life. Life both equalizes and favours at the same time, don’t forget that my humble readers; life is unconscious.

And if they disappoint you and place you on the corner, do not fret, you are not alone, love is with you, it will shine forth from your bosom and your smile. You need no God for this, and you need no after-life and heaven, don’t listen to or be fearful of their hell either; for it is in their bosom and on their shoulders — it need not be on yours too. That is justice. You have all you need: yourself and your ground. In these moments you can proclaim to them, “love needs a door, a way in, that is all”. And if they be sceptical, these weaklings and clowns, bestow onto them, “my dear fools, don’t confuse a way in with a way through, or a way past”.

“All you need do, is ask.”