June 03, 2018, 08:22:39 AM by Jim Statton
I Love You
by Robin B. Lipinski
Bribes work on local corrupt government officials. Actually, they work in all facets of the animal kingdom.
A male bird will bribe a female bird he is trying to win over, with a fancy nest he built to entice her, or some tasty tidbit of food.
Human males and females bribe each other on an almost daily basis. “Honey, I washed the dishes tonight.”
“Oh, that’s nice dear. Are you feeling ill?”
“No… Uhm, though I was wondering if you’d file off the black mold on my toenails?”
(silence, and then the answer…) “No. But I want youto file off mine…”
“Sigh…”
And so it is. A world of life filled with a world of enticement, attraction, pheromones, or in reality… bribes. Are these things nothing more than a definition of love?
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In school, he/she was a very shy person. Eating alone. Singing alone. Dancing alone. Dreaming alone. He/she observed though. And for the sake of sanity, the ‘he/she’ in this story will go by the name of Ti.
Now Ti was not a normal person by any means. No, Ti was a living storm, a cyclone if you will, of whirling winds of emotions. Ti was so sensitive that every comment regarding Ti was analyzed endlessly until an acceptable result arrived that Ti was able to live with…
Sadness was very natural to Ti, but so too, the happiness of the simple world of reality called, life. Of course human interactions were very hard to reveal just what made up the persona of Ti… And while other humans engaged in the simple banters of anger and love, Ti just sat aside and observed. And this is how the life of Ti existed. That is, until he/she met he/she…
Again, for the sake of sanity, this new character in the story of love will be called, Tii. And Tii was the mirror image of Ti, though of the opposite gender.
It was love at first sight for Ti and Tii. Two peas in a pod with everything to match except physical traits. Of course the readers might be smart enough to understand what is written though highly unlikely to even come close to the feeling of love the two had for each other. Though, some will try, they will fail to understand a love that does not even exist in the natural world of Earth.
Sadly though, since Ti and Tii were so alike, the sensitivities were amplified to such extremes, even the Sun laughed, and the Sun rarely laughs when it pertains to the stupidity of humans.
Ti was in love, a very deep love. And so, Ti expressed it and was promptly rejected at every turn by Tii. Rejection is such a strong word. Almost final in nature, yet for all the feelings of rejections, the Winds spoke otherwise.
Now for those of you who do not understand one bit of this story, you’re going to be really confused now, but that’s okay. You’re just human and most probably think love is something where a man offers flowers to his lover, be they a man or woman. And of course, you’d be totally wrong.
No. The Winds speak, the insects speak, the tree’s speak, all Life speaks… Only, most humans can’t hear it. Ti and Tii could hear it though. They could hear it very well. And it’s amazing that birds, bears, bee’s, even the Moon understands love more than most humans, and why? Because Life is simple to understand if you open your heart.
And now the enigma, the crux of the problem, the simple problem of two people in love so deep it actually caused the Sun to laugh! And that problem was, both were afraid of being hurt.
Not strange as Earth is a very dangerous and hurtful environment for creatures in love. Earth has a history going back to the time it was created, showing just how hurtful it is. And while some of you readers minds are complete mush when it comes to what is really important, I’m now going to make your eyes glaze over.
Who did humans kill that loves them dearly? Of course the answer is Jesus. Yes, Jesus. A God. A perfect human, was killed by this world. Your ancestors, you, and you, and you… You killed him and yet you say you love, and in a way, you do. But not a love like Ti and Tii.
This story is about Ti and Tii. Two people deep in love. One with the words of, “I love you.” And the other saying, “I don’t love you.”
Are you starting to understand the clues now? Some are, many readers though have not even made it this far in the story. They have already voted for the story where an elf falls in loves with a mushroom.
So, how does the story end? Well, the simple and true answer is, a story never ends, and a story dealing with true love, a Love so powerful that one experiencing it will never, ever be the same… And so, this story does not have, ‘The End’. No, this story will continue for as long as there are people like Ti and Tii. As such…
The Beginning
The End